Designs of two randomized, community-based trials to assess the impact of influenza immunization during pregnancy on respiratory illness among pregnant women and their infants and reproductive outcomes in rural Nepal

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Tielsch, James M ^a   Steinhoff, Mark ^b   Katz, Joanne ^c   Englund, Janet A ^d   Kuypers, Jane ^e   Khatry, Subarna K ^f   Shrestha, Laxman ^g   LeClerq, Steven C ^c,f  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project Sarlahi   (Nepal)

^g TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Early infancy; Influenza illness; Influenza like illness; Influenza vaccination; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; MORBIDITY; NEPAL; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION; STUDY DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS STRAIN; BIRTH WEIGHT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUERPERAL INFECTION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924159320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0470-y     Document Type: Article

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