Background Young infants and pregnant women are at increased risk for serious consequences
of influenza infection. Inactivated influenza vaccine is recommended for pregnant …

The authors present antibody data for mothers and infants from a trial of influenza vaccine in
pregnant women. The observations suggest that maternal immunization results in the …

Background: There are limited data about the effect of maternal influenza infection on fetuses
and newborns. We performed a secondary analysis of data from the Mother’s Gift project, a …

Background Antenatal immunization of mothers with influenza vaccine increases serum
antibodies and reduces the rates of influenza illness in mothers and their infants. We report the …

Background. Pneumonia is the leading cause of childhood mortality globally. Respiratory
syncytial virus (RSV) is the most important viral cause of pneumonia. Maternal serum antibody …

We evaluated the strategy of maternal immunization with Neisseria meningitidis (Nm) vaccine
in Asian mothers, to assess potential protection of infants, including by breast milk. One …

Aim: To describe clinical characteristics and age‐ and season‐specific incidences of diarrheal
episodes, and to evaluate risk factors associated with the occurrence of diarrheal disease. …

Background: Exclusive breast-feeding reduces the risk of respiratory illness in infants younger
than 6 months of age in developing countries by approximately half. We evaluated the …

Limited information is available on the etiology of acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI)
particularly pneumonia in the rural community of developing countries since most etiological …

… Eliza Roy, MB BS, DCH, MSc Epidemiology International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases
and Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B),Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh …