Measles in pregnancy: a threat for Italian women?
Measles in pregnancy may lead to serious sequelae for newborns and mothers. In Italy assessment of immunity against measles is not recommended as pregnancy screening. This study aimed to assess the immunity against measles in pregnant women from Apulia Region in Southern Italy between 2016 and 2017....
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| author | Serena Marchi Martina Monti Simonetta Viviani Emanuele Montomoli Claudia Maria Trombetta |
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| description | Measles in pregnancy may lead to serious sequelae for newborns and mothers. In Italy assessment of immunity against measles is not recommended as pregnancy screening. This study aimed to assess the immunity against measles in pregnant women from Apulia Region in Southern Italy between 2016 and 2017. Overall, 96.9% of pregnant women were positive for anti-measles IgG, younger women aged 19–29 years had a seroprevalence below 90%. No samples were positive for anti-measles IgM. In conclusion, younger pregnant women showed to be at higher risk of contracting measles during pregnancy. These findings have implication for measles vaccination policy and highlight the need for measles antibody testing in pregnancy screening in Italy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ab4e48547eb641cb885f2bed3155f5802023-09-22T08:45:31ZengTaylor & Francis GroupHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics2164-55152164-554X2019-12-0115122851285310.1080/21645515.2019.16211461621146Measles in pregnancy: a threat for Italian women?Serena Marchi0Martina Monti1Simonetta Viviani2Emanuele Montomoli3Claudia Maria Trombetta4University of SienaUniversity of SienaUniversity of SienaUniversity of SienaUniversity of SienaMeasles in pregnancy may lead to serious sequelae for newborns and mothers. In Italy assessment of immunity against measles is not recommended as pregnancy screening. This study aimed to assess the immunity against measles in pregnant women from Apulia Region in Southern Italy between 2016 and 2017. Overall, 96.9% of pregnant women were positive for anti-measles IgG, younger women aged 19–29 years had a seroprevalence below 90%. No samples were positive for anti-measles IgM. In conclusion, younger pregnant women showed to be at higher risk of contracting measles during pregnancy. These findings have implication for measles vaccination policy and highlight the need for measles antibody testing in pregnancy screening in Italy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2019.1621146italymeaslespregnancy |
| spellingShingle | Serena Marchi Martina Monti Simonetta Viviani Emanuele Montomoli Claudia Maria Trombetta Measles in pregnancy: a threat for Italian women? Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics italy measles pregnancy |
| title | Measles in pregnancy: a threat for Italian women? |
| title_full | Measles in pregnancy: a threat for Italian women? |
| title_fullStr | Measles in pregnancy: a threat for Italian women? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measles in pregnancy: a threat for Italian women? |
| title_short | Measles in pregnancy: a threat for Italian women? |
| title_sort | measles in pregnancy a threat for italian women |
| topic | italy measles pregnancy |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2019.1621146 |
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