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One Dose of H1N1 Vaccine Immunogenic in High Percentage of Pregnant Women. No Safety Concerns Reported During Ongoing Clinical Trial
American Family Physician, 11/06/09

According to a Nov. 2 NIH news release, the H1N1 flu vaccine elicited an immune response likely to be protective in 92 percent of pregnant women who received a single 15–microgram dose. The immune response increased to 96 percent in a group of pregnant women that received a single 30–microgram dose. The immune response seen in healthy pregnant women is comparable to that seen in nonpregnant healthy adults. According to the CDC, at least 100 pregnant women have been hospitalized in U.S. intensive care units since the H1N1 outbreak started in the spring. The deaths of 28 pregnant women have been linked to the virus. Participants in the trial ranged in age from 18–39 years and began the study while in their second or third trimester. The NIAID said no safety concerns related to the vaccine – which does not include the preservative thimerosal or any adjuvant – have arisen.

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