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Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2012 Jun;6(2):97-103.
Prevention of Novel Influenza Infection in Newborns in Hospital Settings: Considerations and Strategies During the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic.
Zapata LB, Kendrick JS, Jamieson DJ, Macfarlane K, Shealy K, Barfield WD.
Source
Division of Reproductive Health (Drs Zapata, Kendrick, Jamieson, and Barfield and Ms MacFarlane) and Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (Ms Shealy), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Abstract
During the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic, many pregnant women experienced severe illness and some gave birth while ill with suspected or confirmed pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza. Because of concerns about possible transmission of this novel virus to immunologically na?ve newborns, and the absence of definitive studies regarding this risk, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reviewed relevant literature to understand the potential burden of disease and routes of transmission affecting newborns. This report describes the issues considered during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic as CDC developed guidance to protect newborns in hospital settings. Also presented is a framework of protection efforts to prevent novel influenza infection in fetuses/newborns before birth and in hospital settings. Although developed specifically for the pandemic, the framework may be useful during future novel influenza outbreaks.
PMID:
22700016
[PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22700016
Prevention of Novel Influenza Infection in Newborns in Hospital Settings: Considerations and Strategies During the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic.
Zapata LB, Kendrick JS, Jamieson DJ, Macfarlane K, Shealy K, Barfield WD.
Source
Division of Reproductive Health (Drs Zapata, Kendrick, Jamieson, and Barfield and Ms MacFarlane) and Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (Ms Shealy), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Abstract
During the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic, many pregnant women experienced severe illness and some gave birth while ill with suspected or confirmed pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza. Because of concerns about possible transmission of this novel virus to immunologically na?ve newborns, and the absence of definitive studies regarding this risk, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reviewed relevant literature to understand the potential burden of disease and routes of transmission affecting newborns. This report describes the issues considered during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic as CDC developed guidance to protect newborns in hospital settings. Also presented is a framework of protection efforts to prevent novel influenza infection in fetuses/newborns before birth and in hospital settings. Although developed specifically for the pandemic, the framework may be useful during future novel influenza outbreaks.
PMID:
22700016
[PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22700016