Measles and Pregnancy: Immunity and Immunization—What Can Be Learned from Observing Complications during an Epidemic Year

Table 2

Frequencies of measles complications in pregnant women with measles versus nonpregnant women with measles.

Women with measles—age 17-40 ()
	Pregnant () 9.6%	Nonpregnant () 90.4%	value
Complications	(%)	(%)
Pneumonia	6 (25)	20 (8.8)	0.013
Otitis	0 (0)	4 (20.4)	0.51
Keratoconjunctivitis	2 (8.3)	66 (29.1)	0.02
Croup	1 (4.1)	12 (5.3)	0.81
Diarrhoea	2 (8.3)	35 (15.4)	0.35
Stomatitis	3 (12.5)	44 (19.4)	0.41
Convulsions	0 (0)	2 (0.9)	0.64
Hepatitis	1 (0)	43 (18.9)	0.06
Thrombocytopenia	1 (4.1)	13 (5.7)	0.75
Encephalitis	0 (0)	0 (0)	/