Maternal, Fetal, and Neonatal Outcomes Associated With Measles During Pregnancy: Namibia, 2009–2010

Abstract

Our findings suggest that measles virus infection during pregnancy confers a high risk of adverse maternal, fetal, and neonatal outcomes, including maternal death. Maximizing measles immunity among women of childbearing age would decrease the incidence of gestational measles and the attendant maternal, fetal, and neonatal morbidity and mortality.