TY - JOUR
T1 - Influenza-like illness among Hong Kong Chinese pregnant women
AU - Wong, Valerie W.Y.
AU - Tarrant, Marie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - We assessed the self-reported prevalence of influenza-like illness (ILI) during pregnancy in two samples of 546 and 2764 new mothers who were pregnant during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 peak influenza seasons. During pregnancy, 11% of participants experienced an ILI. Cough, sore throat and nasal congestion were the most common reported symptoms. Only 4.6% and 9% of the participants in sample 1 and 2 had an underlying chronic illness, respectively, and 3.3% of mothers in both groups were smokers. Conducting regular surveillance on influenza prevalence during pregnancy is essential to evaluate the costs and benefits of influenza vaccination programmes.
AB - We assessed the self-reported prevalence of influenza-like illness (ILI) during pregnancy in two samples of 546 and 2764 new mothers who were pregnant during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 peak influenza seasons. During pregnancy, 11% of participants experienced an ILI. Cough, sore throat and nasal congestion were the most common reported symptoms. Only 4.6% and 9% of the participants in sample 1 and 2 had an underlying chronic illness, respectively, and 3.3% of mothers in both groups were smokers. Conducting regular surveillance on influenza prevalence during pregnancy is essential to evaluate the costs and benefits of influenza vaccination programmes.
KW - Influenza
KW - Maternal health
KW - Pregnancy
KW - Respiratory illness
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84919493428&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3109/14767058.2014.900042
DO - 10.3109/14767058.2014.900042
M3 - Article
C2 - 24588363
AN - SCOPUS:84919493428
SN - 1476-7058
VL - 28
SP - 116
EP - 119
JO - Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
JF - Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
IS - 1
ER -
