Maternal influenza vaccination and effect on influenza virus infection in young infants

AA Eick, TM Uyeki, A Klimov, H Hall… - … of pediatrics & …, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To assess the effect of seasonal influenza vaccination during pregnancy on
laboratory-confirmed influenza in infants to 6 months of age. Design Nonrandomized,
prospective, observational cohort study. Setting Navajo and White Mountain Apache Indian
reservations, including 6 hospitals on the Navajo reservation and 1 on the White Mountain
Apache reservation. Participants A total of 1169 mother-infant pairs with mothers who
delivered an infant during 1 of 3 influenza seasons. Main Exposure Maternal seasonal …