Effectiveness of Seasonal Trivalent Influenza Vaccine for Preventing Influenza Virus Illness Among Pregnant Women: A Population-Based Case-Control Study During the 2010–2011 and 2011–2012 Influenza Seasons

2013160 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Mark G. Thompson · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

De‐Kun Li · Kaiser Foundation Hospital

Pat Shifflett · Abt Global (United States)

Leslie Z. Sokolow · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Jeannette Ferber · Kaiser Foundation Hospital

Samantha K. Kurosky · Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research

Sam Bozeman

Abstract

Influenza vaccination reduced the risk of ARI associated with laboratory-confirmed influenza among pregnant women by about one-half, similar to VE observed among all adults during these seasons.

Topics & Keywords

Influenza Virus Research Studies Respiratory viral infections research Smoking Behavior and Cessation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volume 58, Issue 4, pp. 449-457

DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit750

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