Lessons learnt from enrolment and follow up of pregnant women and their infants in clinical trials in South Africa, a low-middle income country

Vaccine

Volumn 33, Issue 47, 2015, Pages 6406-6412

  Cutland, Clare L ^a,b,c   Cunnington, Marianne ^d   Olugbosi, Morounfolu ^e   Jones, Stephanie A ^a,b,c   Hugo, Andrea ^a,b,c   Maharaj, Karishma ^a,b,c   Slobod, Karen ^e   Madhi, Shabir A ^a,b,c,f  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

GBS: Group B Streptococcus; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; Immunization in pregnant women; LMIC: low middle income countries; Neonatal morbidity and mortality

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MATERNAL ANTIBODY; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; ENROLLMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS OUTCOME; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFANT; INFLUENZA; MALARIA; MALE; MATERNAL IMMUNIZATION; MATERNAL TETANUS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN TETANUS; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PERTUSSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; STILLBIRTH; SYMPHYSEAL FUNDAL HEIGHT; TETANUS; TRADITIONAL HEALER; VIRUS LOAD; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SOUTH AFRICA; VACCINES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948105067     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.08.040     Document Type: Article

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