American study showed that vaccination of pregnant women against influenza protects not only the mother but also the child after birth. Because influenza vaccine in children under six months old contraindicated the results of the study are yet another argument in favor of vaccination of pregnant women. Scientists at Johns Hopkins University have observed for 340 women in Bangladesh in newborns in 2004-2005. Some of them were vaccinated against influenza, the other has not been vaccinated. It was found that children, women at increased risk of flu in the first 24 weeks of life, 63% less than the progeny of vaccinated mothers vaccinated. Influenza infection during pregnancy may be complicated by impaired development and death of the fetus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that pregnant U.S. flu vaccine for more than 10 years, but only a small number of women follow this advice.
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