Mortality Associated With Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Among Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women of Childbearing Age in a High-HIV-Prevalence Setting—South Africa, 1999–2009
Author(s) -
Stefano Tempia,
Sibongile Walaza,
Adam L. Cohen,
Claire von Mollendorf,
Jocelyn Moyes,
Johanna M. McAnerney,
Cheryl Cohen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/civ448
Subject(s) - medicine , pandemic , pregnancy , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , demography , mortality rate , influenza pandemic , influenza a virus , environmental health , virus , immunology , covid-19 , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , sociology , biology , genetics
Information on the mortality burden associated with seasonal and pandemic influenza virus infection among pregnant women is scarce in most settings, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where pregnancy and maternal mortality rates as well as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence are elevated.
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