Influenza during pregnancy: vaccinal prevention of complications

Abstract

The review outlines the clinical features of prenatal development and outcomes of acute respiratory viral infection and influenza, and preventive measures for complications. The review focuses on vaccination and World Health Organiztion, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommendations for flu vaccination of all pregnant women despite their gestational age. The results of numerous randomized clinical investigations conducted within more than 40 years have proved the safety and efficiency of flu vaccination during pregnancy. It is vitally important to decrease maternal morbidity and mortality in order to perform flu vaccination during preconceptional and antenatal care.

Keywords

• influenza
• pregnancy
• vaccination of pregnant women