INCREASED PERINATAL MORTALITY AMONG CHILDREN OF MOTHERS EXPOSED TO MEASLES DURING PREGNANCY

A survey done after a severe epidemic of measles in an urban area of Guinea-Bissau has shown that children born to women exposed to measles during pregnancy had a perinatal mortality rate of 15%, compared with only 4% for other children in the community (OR=4·2; 95% CI 2·1-8·5). None of the women ha...

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