Background Rates of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes for Assessing the Safety of Maternal Vaccine Trials in Sub-Saharan Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Orenstein, Lauren A V ^a,b   Orenstein, Evan W ^a,b   Teguete, Ibrahima ^c   Kodio, Mamoudou ^b   Tapia, Milagritos ^b,d   Sow, Samba O ^b,d   Levine, Myron M ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Centre Pour le Développement des Vaccins CVD Mali   (Mali)

^c Gabriel Touré Teaching Hospital   (Mali)

^d University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DRUG SAFETY; DYSTOCIA; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL IMMUNIZATION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NEWBORN DEATH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERE ACUTE MATERNAL MORBIDITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; VACCINES;

EID: 84867129062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046638     Document Type: Review

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