Year-round influenza immunisation during pregnancy in Nepal: a phase 4, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 981-989

  Steinhoff, Mark C ^a   Katz, Joanne ^b   Englund, Janet A ^c   Khatry, Subarna K ^e   Shrestha, Laxman ^f   Kuypers, Jane ^d   Stewart, Laveta ^b   Mullany, Luke C ^b   Chu, Helen Y ^d,g   LeClerq, Steven C ^b,e   Kozuki, Naoko ^b   McNeal, Monica ^a   Reedy, Adriana M ^a   Tielsch, James M ^h  

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

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

^e Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project Sarlahi   (Nepal)

^f TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITING ANTIBODY; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOME VISIT; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LABORATORY; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DEATH; NEPAL; NEWBORN; NOSE SMEAR; PHASE 4 CLINICAL TRIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SIDE EFFECT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; SUICIDE; TUBERCULOSIS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VACCINE IMMUNOGENICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROCEDURES; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; VACCINATION;

EID: 85019613741     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30252-9     Document Type: Article

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