Circulating Influenza Virus and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: A Time-Series Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 163-175

  Fell, Deshayne B ^a,b   Buckeridge, David L ^b   Platt, Robert W ^b   Kaufman, Jay S ^b   Basso, Olga ^b   Wilson, Kumanan ^a,c,d  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

influenza; pregnancy; preterm birth; stillbirth; time series study

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFLUENZA; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONTARIO; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; STILLBIRTH; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENT; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; COMPLICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROCEDURES; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HEALTH; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PERINATAL DEATH; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; STILLBIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84982948296     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kww044     Document Type: Article

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