Effectiveness of Maternal Influenza Immunization in Mothers and Infants

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Authors

Khalequz Zaman · International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research

Eliza Roy · International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research

Shams El Arifeen · International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research

Mahbubur Rahman · International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research

Rubhana Raqib · International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research

Emily Wilson · Johns Hopkins University

Abstract

Inactivated influenza vaccine reduced proven influenza illness by 63% in infants up to 6 months of age and averted approximately a third of all febrile respiratory illnesses in mothers and young infants. Maternal influenza immunization is a strategy with substantial benefits for both mothers and infants. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00142389.)

Topics & Keywords

Influenza Virus Research Studies Respiratory viral infections research Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 359, Issue 15, pp. 1555-1564

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0708630

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