Research Article

High Rate of Chronic Villitis in Placentas of Pregnancies Complicated by Influenza A/H1N1 Infection

Table 3

Number of placentas with chronic villitis, divided by proven or suspected infection and grade of villitis.

ā€‰Villitis of any grade ( , (%))Villitis of grade 1 ( )Villitis of grade 2 ( )Villitis of grade 3 ( )

PCR confirmed cases ( )3 (60)300
Clinical cases ( )4 (40)220
Total ( )7 (47)520
Historic cohort* ( )65 (24)46163

Historic cohort consists of placentas of women with uncomplicated pregnancy and vaginal delivery, as described in Section 2 [11].