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Influenza epidemics and anencephaly.

Author(s) -

Lauri Saxén,

Peter C. Holmberg,

Kari Kurppa,

Eeva Kuosma,

Riikka Pyhälä

Publication year - 1990

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.80.4.473

Subject(s) - anencephaly , medicine , pregnancy , third trimester , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , demography , pediatrics , obstetrics , virology , fetus , biology , genetics , sociology

To explore the postulated association between maternal influenza and congenital defects of the central nervous system, 14 virologically verified epidemics in Finland, 1969-82, were studied. Mothers of 248 anencephalic children were grouped into those whose first trimester had occurred during an epidemic period and those whose pregnancy had commenced during a non-epidemic period. No significant differences in prevalence of anencephaly were noted in these groups.

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