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Seasonal and 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infection during pregnancy: a population-based study of hospitalized cases

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Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Apr 18. [Epub ahead of print]
Seasonal and 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infection during pregnancy: a population-based study of hospitalized cases.
Creanga AA, Kamimoto L, Newsome K, D'Mello T, Jamieson DJ, Zotti ME, Arnold KE, Baumbach J, Bennett NM, Farley MM, Gershman K, Kirschke D, Lynfield R, Meek J, Morin C, Reingold A, Ryan P, Schaffner W, Thomas A, Zansky S, Finelli L, Honein MA.
Source

Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Reproductive Health, Atlanta, GA.
Abstract

We sought to describe characteristics of hospitalized reproductive-aged (15-44 years) women with seasonal (2005/2006 through 2008/2009) and 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infection. We used population-based data from the Emerging Infections Program in 10 US states, and compared characteristics of pregnant (n = 150) and nonpregnant (n = 489) seasonal, and pregnant (n = 489) and nonpregnant (n = 1088) pandemic influenza cases using χ(2) and Fisher's exact tests. Pregnant women represented 23.5% and 31.0% of all reproductive-aged women hospitalized for seasonal and pandemic influenza, respectively. Significantly more nonpregnant than pregnant women with seasonal (71.2% vs 36.0%) and pandemic (69.7% vs 31.9%) influenza had an underlying medical condition other than pregnancy. Antiviral treatment was significantly more common with pandemic than seasonal influenza for both pregnant (86.5% vs 24.0%) and nonpregnant (82.0% vs 55.2%) women. Pregnant women comprised a significant proportion of influenza-hospitalized reproductive-aged women, underscoring the importance of influenza vaccination during pregnancy.

Copyright ? 2011. Published by Mosby, Inc.

PMID:
21507375
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21507375
 
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