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. 2020 Feb 28;38(10):2326-2332.
doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.01.059. Epub 2020 Feb 5.

Trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV3) during pregnancy and six-month infant development

Lyndsay A Avalos  1 , Jeannette Ferber  2 , Ousseny Zerbo  2 , Allison L Naleway  3 , Joanna Bulkley  3 , Mark Thompson  4 , Janet Cragan  5 , Jennifer Williams  5 , Roxana Odouli  2 , Tia L Kauffman  3 , Sarah Ball  6 , Pat Shifflett  6 , De-Kun Li  2
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Trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV3) during pregnancy and six-month infant development

Lyndsay A Avalos et al. Vaccine. .

Abstract

Objective: Despite recommendations by professional organizations that all pregnant women receive inactivated influenza vaccine, safety concerns remain a barrier. Our objective was to assess the effect of trivalent influenza vaccines (IIV3) during pregnancy on parent report 6-month infant development.

Methods: We conducted a multi-site prospective birth cohort study during the 2010-2011 influenza season and followed pregnant women and their newborns through 6 months of age. Information on IIV3 during pregnancy was ascertained from the EHR and self-report. The Ages and Stages Questionnaire-3 (ASQ-3) was completed by the mother to assess 6-month infant neurodevelopment in five domains (communication, gross motor, fine motor, problem-solving, and personal adaptive skills). Scores for each domain above the cut-off point indicating typical development were categorized as "on schedule" while scores in the zones indicating the need for either monitoring or further assessment were categorized as "not on schedule". Multivariable logistic regression was conducted.

Results: Of the 1225 infant-mother pairs, 65% received IIV3 during pregnancy. In bivariate analysis, infants of women who received IIV3 during pregnancy were moderately-less likely to need monitoring or further assessment in the personal social domain compared with infants of unvaccinated women (10.0% vs. 14.1%, p = 0.033; crude OR (cOR): 0.68(95%CI:0.48,0.97)). However, after controlling for potential confounders, the findings were no longer statistically significant (aOR:0.72,95%CI: 0.49,1.06,p = 0.46). No significant unadjusted or adjusted associations emerged in any other ASQ-3 domain.

Conclusion: There was no significant association between IIV3 exposure during pregnancy and 6-month infant development. Studies of IIV3 during pregnancy to assess longer-term developmental outcomes are indicated.

Keywords: Ages and Stages (ASQ); Infant development; Pregnancy; Trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV3).

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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