Skip to main content
. 2020 Jun;8(6):597–608. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(19)30479-5

Table 1.

Efficacy of maternal inactivated influenza vaccine on episodes of PCR-confirmed influenza in infants born to women vaccinated at any time prepartum

Intervention
Control
Incidence rate ratio (95% CI) Vaccine efficacy, % (95% CI) p value
Cases Person-time* Incidence, per 1000 infant-years Cases Person-time* Incidence, per 1000 infant-years
Cumulative episodes
≤2 months of age
Nepal 20 303·4 65·9 31 304·4 101·8 0·65 (0·37 to 1·14) 35% (−14 to 63) 0·13
Mali 2 332·3 6·0 10 329·9 30·3 0·20 (0·04 to 0·91) 80% (19 to 96) 0·04
South Africa 2 168·3 11·9 13 167·8 77·5 0·15 (0·03 to 0·68) 85% (32 to 97) 0·01
Pooled 24 804·0 29·8 54 802·1 67·3 0·44 (0·27 to 0·72) 56% (28 to 73) 0·001
≤4 months of age
Nepal 43 606·7 70·9 61 608·7 100·2 0·71 (0·48 to 1·04) 29% (−4 to 52) 0·08
Mali 11 651·2 16·9 35 649·4 53·9 0·31 (0·16 to 0·62) 69% (38 to 84) 0·001
South Africa 14 334·2 41·9 30 333·3 90·0 0·46 (0·25 to 0·87) 54% (13 to 75) 0·02
Pooled 68 1592·1 42·7 126 1591·3 79·2 0·54 (0·40 to 0·72) 46% (28 to 60) <0·001
≤6 months of age
Nepal 74 896·9 82·5 105 899·9 116·7 0·71 (0·52 to 0·95) 29% (5 to 48) 0·02
Mali 50 931·0 53·7 77 929·0 82·9 0·65 (0·45 to 0·92) 35% (8 to 55) 0·02
South Africa 19 468·6 40·6 37 466·8 79·3 0·51 (0·30 to 0·88) 49% (12 to 70) 0·02
Pooled 143 2296·4 62·3 219 2295·7 95·4 0·65 (0·53 to 0·81) 35% (19 to 47) <0·001
Non-cumulative episodes
≤2 months of age
Nepal 20 303·4 65·9 31 304·4 101·8 0·65 (0·37 to 1·14) 35 (−14 to 63) 0·13
Mali 2 332·3 6·0 10 329·9 30·3 0·20 (0·04 to 0·91) 80 (19 to 96) 0·04
South Africa 2 168·3 11·9 13 167·8 77·5 0·15 (0·03 to 0·68) 85 (32 to 97) 0·01
Pooled 24 804·0 29·8 54 802·1 67·3 0·44 (0·27 to 0·72) 56 (28 to 73) 0·001
>2–4 months of age
Nepal 23 303·3 75·8 30 304·3 98·6 0·77 (0·45 to 1·32) 23 (−32 to 55) 0·34
Mali 9 318·9 28·2 25 319·4 78·3 0·36 (0·17 to 0·77) 64 (23 to 83) 0·01
South Africa 12 165·9 72·3 17 165·4 10·3 0·70 (0·34 to 1·47) 30 (−47 to 66) 0·35
Pooled 44 788·1 55·8 72 789·2 91·2 0·61 (0·42 to 0·89) 39 (11 to 58) 0·01
>4–6 months of age
Nepal 31 290·2 106·8 44 291·2 151·1 0·71 (0·45 to 1·12) 29 (−12 to 55) 0·14
Mali 39 279·7 13·9 42 279·6 15·0 0·93 (0·60 to 1·44) 7 (−44 to 40) 0·74
South Africa 5 134·3 37·2 7 133·5 52·4 0·71 (0·22 to 2·24) 29 (−124 to 78) 0·56
Pooled 75 704·3 106·5 93 704·4 132·0 0·81 (0·60 to 1·09) 19 (−9 to 40) 0·17

Infants might have had repeat episodes of influenza.

*

Person-time was calculated consistently across sites and might be different from original site publication.