Mild and asymptomatic influenza B virus infection among unvaccinated pregnant persons : Implication for effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical intervention and vaccination to prevent influenza

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BACKGROUND: We estimated symptomatic and asymptomatic influenza infection frequency in community-dwelling unvaccinated pregnant persons to inform risk communication.

METHODS: We collected residue sera from multiple antenatal-care blood draws during October 2016-April 2017. We determined influenza infection as seroconversion with ≥ 4-fold rise in antibody titers between any two serum samples by improved hemagglutinin-inhibition assay including ether-treated B antigens. The serology data were linked to the results of nuclei acid testing (rRT-PCR) based on acute respiratory illness (ARI) surveillance.

RESULTS: Among all participants, 43 %(602/1384) demonstrated serology and/or rRT-PCR evidenced infection, and 44 %(265/602) of all infections were asymptomatic. ARI-associated rRT-PCR testing identified only 10 %(61/602) of total infections. Only 1 %(5/420) of the B Victoria cases reported ARI and had a rRT-PCR positive result, compared with 33 %(54/165) of the H3N2 cases. Among influenza ARI cases with multiple serum samples, 19 %(11/58) had seroconversion to a different subtype prior to the illness.

CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of influenza B infection in unvaccinated pregnant persons is under-estimated substantially. Non-pharmaceutical intervention may have suboptimal effectiveness in preventing influenza B transmission due to the less clinical manifestation compared to influenza A. The findings support maternal influenza vaccination to protect pregnant persons and reduce consequent household transmission.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:41

Enthalten in:

Vaccine - 41(2023), 3 vom: 16. Jan., Seite 694-701

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Liling [VerfasserIn]
Levine, Min Z [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Suizan [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Tian [VerfasserIn]
Pang, Yuanyuan [VerfasserIn]
Bao, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Yayun [VerfasserIn]
Cui, Pengwei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Ran [VerfasserIn]
Millman, Alexander J [VerfasserIn]
Greene, Carolyn M [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Zhongwei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Influenza Vaccines
Influenza virus infection
Journal Article
Pregnancy
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Seroconversion

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Date Completed 03.01.2023

Date Revised 10.06.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.11.055

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NLM350383766