Influenza-like illness among Hong Kong Chinese pregnant women

Valerie W.Y. Wong; Marie Tarrant

doi:10.3109/14767058.2014.900042

Influenza-like illness among Hong Kong Chinese pregnant women

Valerie W.Y. Wong
, Marie Tarrant

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	116-119
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
Volume	28
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/14767058.2014.900042
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Influenza
Maternal health
Pregnancy
Respiratory illness

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Influenza-like illness among Hong Kong Chinese pregnant women

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