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Pregnancy and Infection
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Pregnant women have an increased severity of infections with some organisms, including influenza virus, hepatitis E virus, herpes simplex virus, and malaria parasites. This review includes an update on immunologic alterations during pregnancy.
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“The pregnant women are more vulnerable to infections because of their naturally suppressed immune system and are generally considered at increased risk for severe complications [ Kourtis AP et al., 2014 ].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kourtis, A. P., Read, J. S., & Jamieson, D. J.
- Affiliations
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Venue
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Published
- 2014-06-05
- Volume
- 370
- Issue
- 23
- Pages
- 2211-2218
- ISSN
- 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-4406
- PMC
- PMC4459512
- OpenAlex
- W2093544337
- Cited by
- 850
- References
- 69
- Citations by year
- 2026: 49 · 2025: 53 · 2024: 65 · 2023: 80 · 2022: 101 · 2021: 126 · 2020: 112 · 2019: 66 · 2018: 42 · 2017: 52 · 2016: 45 · 2015: 36 · 2014: 20
- FWCI
- 7.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- New England Journal of Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Lincoln Repository (University of Lincoln) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (CC999999)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Neonatal and Maternal Infections
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
- Keywords
- pregnancy, infection in pregnancy, influenza virus, hepatitis E virus, herpes simplex virus, Plasmodium
- MeSH terms
- Communicable Diseases, Female, Herpes Simplex, Humans, Influenza, Human, Listeriosis, Malaria, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, Severity of Illness Index, Hepatitis E
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