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Review

. 2014 Jun 5;370(23):2211-8.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1213566.

Pregnancy and infection

Athena P Kourtis¹, Jennifer S Read, Denise J Jamieson

Affiliations

Affiliation

¹ From the Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (A.P.K., D.J.J.); and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco (J.S.R.).

PMID: 24897084
PMCID: PMC4459512
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1213566

Review

Pregnancy and infection

Athena P Kourtis et al. N Engl J Med. 2014.

. 2014 Jun 5;370(23):2211-8.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1213566.

Authors

Athena P Kourtis¹, Jennifer S Read, Denise J Jamieson

Affiliation

¹ From the Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (A.P.K., D.J.J.); and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco (J.S.R.).

PMID: 24897084
PMCID: PMC4459512
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1213566

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Figure 1. Changes in Hormone Levels and Immune-System Characteristics during Pregnancy
As pregnancy advances, T-cell activity, natural killer cell activity, and possibly B-cell activity are reduced, whereas α-defensin levels and monocyte, dendritic-cell, and polymorphonuclear-cell activity are increased.^, The severity of some infections (particularly influenza, malaria, hepatitis E, and herpes simplex virus hepatitis and dissemination) increases with advancing pregnancy.

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Pregnancy and infection.
Kourtis AP, Read JS, Jamieson DJ. Kourtis AP, et al. N Engl J Med. 2014 Sep 11;371(11):1077. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1408436. N Engl J Med. 2014. PMID: 25207782 No abstract available.
Pregnancy and infection.
Calvert C, Ronsmans C. Calvert C, et al. N Engl J Med. 2014 Sep 11;371(11):1075-6. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1408436. N Engl J Med. 2014. PMID: 25207783 No abstract available.
Pregnancy and infection.
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