THE AUTHORS REPLY

Jennifer A Hutcheon¹, Deshayne B Fell², Michael L Jackson³, Michael S Kramer^{4

2

2}, Justin R Ortiz^{5

6}, David A Savitz⁵, Robert W Platt^{4

2

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
² Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
³ Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁵ Initiative for Vaccine Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁶ Departments of Epidemiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brown University, Providence, RI.

Comment

Jennifer A Hutcheon et al. Am J Epidemiol. 2017.

. 2017 May 1;185(9):861-862.

doi: 10.1093/aje/kww203.

Jennifer A Hutcheon¹, Deshayne B Fell², Michael L Jackson³, Michael S Kramer^{4

2

2}, Justin R Ortiz^{5

6}, David A Savitz⁵, Robert W Platt^{4

2

2}

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
² Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
³ Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁵ Initiative for Vaccine Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁶ Departments of Epidemiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brown University, Providence, RI.

No abstract available

Comment on

Detectable Risks in Studies of the Fetal Benefits of Maternal Influenza Vaccination.
Hutcheon JA, Fell DB, Jackson ML, Kramer MS, Ortiz JR, Savitz DA, Platt RW. Hutcheon JA, et al. Am J Epidemiol. 2016 Aug 1;184(3):227-32. doi: 10.1093/aje/kww048. Epub 2016 Jun 30. Am J Epidemiol. 2016. PMID: 27365363 Free PMC article.
RE: "DETECTABLE RISKS IN STUDIES OF THE FETAL BENEFITS OF MATERNAL INFLUENZA VACCINATION".
De Serres G, Skowronski DM. De Serres G, et al. Am J Epidemiol. 2017 May 1;185(9):860-861. doi: 10.1093/aje/kww202. Am J Epidemiol. 2017. PMID: 28369245 No abstract available.

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