Mortality Associated with Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza among Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women of Childbearing Age in a High-HIV-Prevalence Setting - South Africa, 1999-2009

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1063-1070

  Tempia, Stefano ^a,b   Walaza, Sibongile ^b,c   Cohen, Adam L ^a   Von Mollendorf, Claire ^b,c   Moyes, Jocelyn ^b,c   McAnerney, Johanna M ^b   Cohen, Cheryl ^b,c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV; influenza; mortality; pregnancy; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS DETECTION; YOUNG ADULT; COMPLICATION; HIV INFECTIONS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942095212     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ448     Document Type: Article

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