Influenza in pregnancy : Guidelines, reviews, epidemiology

Obstetrics, gynecology, andrology, sexual and reproductive health

Maternal and neonatal infections

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Influenza in pregnancy

Birth Defects Research
- The risk of major structural birth defects associated with seasonal influenza vaccination during pregnancy: A population-based cohort study [2022]

Department of Health and Aged Care
- Statement on the administration of seasonal influenza vaccines in 2019 [2019]

Public Health Research and Practice
- An evaluation of the 2016 influenza vaccination in pregnancy campaign in NSW, Australia [2020]

Canada, United States

Vaccine
- A prospective study of influenza vaccination and time to pregnancy [2020]

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Acceptance of seasonal influenza vaccination and associated factors among pregnant women in the context of COVID-19 pandemic in China: a multi-center cross-sectional study based on health belief model [2021]

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
- Review of the status and challenges associated with increasing influenza vaccination coverage among pregnant women in China [2020]

Journal of Internal Medicine
- Effectiveness of maternal immunization with trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine in pregnant women and their infants [2019]

European Journal of Medical Research
- Determinants of influenza vaccine hesitancy among pregnant women in Europe: a systematic review [2021]

WHO Regional Office for Europe
- WHO Regional Office for Europe recommendations on influenza vaccination for the 2021/2022 season during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic [2021]
- Tailoring immunization programmes for seasonal influenza (TIP FLU): a guide for promoting uptake of maternal influenza vaccination [2017]
- Influenza vaccination coverage, pregnant women

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
- Seasonal influenza vaccine uptake and vaccine refusal among pregnant women in France: results from a national survey [2020]

Scientific Reports
- Trends of influenza vaccination coverage in pregnant women: a ten-year analysis from a French healthcare database [2022]

Vaccines
- Monitoring of Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Pregnant Women in Germany Based on Nationwide Outpatient Claims Data: Findings for Seasons 2014/15 to 2019/20 [2021]

Vaccine
- Programme costs for introducing age/gestation-based universal influenza vaccine schedules for young children and pregnant women in Hong Kong [2021]
- Feasibility of age- and gestation-based routine universal influenza vaccines schedules for children aged 6 months - 2 years and pregnant women [2021]

BMC Infectious Diseases
- Pregnancy as a risk factor for severe influenza infection: an individual participant data meta-analysis [2019]

BMC Public Health
- One “misunderstood” health issue: demonstrating and communicating the safety of influenza a vaccination in pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2021]

Frontiers in Immunology
- Safety, Immunogenicity, Efficacy and Effectiveness of Inactivated Influenza Vaccines in Healthy Pregnant Women and Children Under 5 Years: An Evidence-Based Clinical Review [2021]

Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
- Exposure to quadrivalent influenza vaccine during pregnancy: Results from a global pregnancy registry [2022]
- The Global Influenza Initiative recommendations for the vaccination of pregnant women against seasonal influenza [2015]

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vaccinating pregnant women against influenza needs to be a priority for all countries: An expert commentary [2020]

PLoS ONE
- Views and experiences of maternal healthcare providers regarding influenza vaccine during pregnancy globally: A systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis [2022]

Vaccine
- The faces of influenza vaccine recommendation: A Literature review of the determinants and barriers to health providers’ recommendation of influenza vaccine in pregnancy [2020]
- The effectiveness of influenza vaccination in pregnancy in relation to child health outcomes: Systematic review and meta-analysis [2020]
- Influenza epidemiology and immunization during pregnancy: Final report of a World Health Organization working group [2017]
- Review of prescribing information for influenza vaccines for pregnant and lactating women [2016]
- Does influenza vaccination improve pregnancy outcome? Methodological issues and research needs [2015]
- A global perspective of maternal influenza immunization [2015]

Viruses
- First-Trimester Influenza Infection Increases the Odds of Non-Chromosomal Birth Defects: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2022]

Health Protection Surveillance Centre
- Guidelines on the management of pregnant and postpartum women with suspected influenza [2020]

Ireland, United Kingdom

Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Seasonal Influenza Vaccination During Pregnancy and the Risk of Major Congenital Malformations in Live-born Infants: A 2010–2016 Historical Cohort Study [2021]

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
- Maternal influenza vaccination relates to receiving relevant information among pregnant women in Japan [2020]

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Safety of influenza vaccination on adverse birth outcomes among pregnant women: A prospective cohort study in Japan [2020]

Vaccine
- Cost-effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccination in pregnant women, healthcare workers and adults >= 60 years of age in Lao People’s Democratic Republic [2021]

PLoS ONE
- Burden of Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Pregnant Women and Infants Under 6 Months in Mongolia: A Prospective Cohort Study [2016]

European Journal of Epidemiology
- Seasonal and pandemic influenza during pregnancy and risk of fetal death: A Norwegian registry-based cohort study [2020]

BMC Health Services Research
- An evaluation of an influenza vaccination campaign targeting pregnant women in 27 clinics in two provinces of South Africa, 2015 – 2018 [2021]

Vaccine
- A cost-effectiveness analysis of antenatal influenza vaccination among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected pregnant women in South Africa [2019]

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
- Influenza hospitalizations in children under 1 year old in Spain: the importance of maternal immunization [2021]

PLoS ONE
- Exploring the risk of severe outcomes and the role of seasonal influenza vaccination in pregnant women hospitalized with confirmed influenza, Spain, 2010/11-2015/16 [2018]

BMJ Open
- Losing ground at the wrong time: trends in self-reported influenza vaccination uptake in Switzerland, Swiss Health Survey 2007–2017 [2021]

BMC Public Health
- Influenza vaccine uptake among at-risk adults (aged 16–64 years) in the UK: a retrospective database analysis [2021]

Department of Health and Social Care
- Annual flu programme

HSC Public Health Agency
- Influenza immunisation programme: Factsheet for healthcare practitioners [2022]

PLoS ONE
- Incidence, risk factors and impact of seasonal influenza in pregnancy: A national cohort study [2021]

Public Health England
- Influenza vaccination in pregnancy: advice for healthcare professionals

UK Health Security Agency
- Influenza: the green book, chapter 19
- Appendix G: pregnant women

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Influenza Vaccination During Pregnancy [2018]
- Assessment and Treatment of Pregnant Women With Suspected or Confirmed Influenza [2018]

Birth Defects Research
- Influenza vaccination during pregnancy and risk of selected major structural congenital heart defects, National Birth Defects Prevention Study 2006-2011 [2023]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Prevention and Control of Seasonal Influenza with Vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — United States, 2022–23 Influenza Season [2022]
- Vital Signs: Burden and Prevention of Influenza and Pertussis Among Pregnant Women and Infants — United States [2019]
- Influenza Vaccination Coverage During Pregnancy — Selected Sites, United States, 2005–06 Through 2013–14 Influenza Vaccine Seasons [2016]
- Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Pregnant Women — United States, 2014–15 Influenza Season [2015]
- Recommendations for Obstetric Health Care Providers Related to Use of Antiviral Medications in the Treatment and Prevention of Influenza

Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Clinical Effectiveness and Safety of Antivirals for Influenza in Pregnancy [2021]

World Health Organization
- Vaccines against influenza: WHO position paper – May 2022 [2022]
- Labelling information of inactivated influenza vaccines for use in pregnant women, Annex 8, TRS No 1004 [2017]
- WHO Informal consultation on labelling information of influenza vaccines intended to be used in pregnant women [2016]
- How to implement influenza vaccination of pregnant women: An introduction manual for national immunization programme managers and policy makers [2016]
- WHO working group meeting on labelling information of influenza vaccines intended to be used in pregnant women [2015]

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