The Influenza Vaccine May Protect Pregnant and Postpartum Women against Severe COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has imposed a huge challenge on the antenatal care of pregnant women worldwide, with the maternal mortality rate being raised to alarming levels. While COVID-19 vaccines were developed, some studies highlighted a possible relationship between influenza vaccination and lower odds of COVID-19 infection. As obstetric patients belong to a high-risk group for respiratory diseases, this study evaluated whether influenza vaccination reduces the severity of COVID-19 infection and mortality among pregnant and postpartum women. We conducted a retrospective cohort study on 3370 pregnant and postpartum women from the Brazilian national database, where they were grouped according to their influenza vaccination status before the onset of COVID-19 symptoms. The intensive care unit

SUBMITTER: Paganoti CF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8875780 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature