TABLE 5

Post-immunisation immunity to influenza virus strains in pregnant study subjects

Observation time-pointGroup I Agrippal S1#Group II Grippol Plus
A(H1N1, California 7, 2009)A(H3N2, Victoria)B(Brisbane)A(H1N1, California 7, 2009)A(H3N2, Victoria)B(Brisbane)
Seroprotection level+ %
 Baseline (gestation weeks 13–30)16.2*18.948.7**9.519.023.8
 1 month post immunisation75.664.8*94.572.587.590.0
 3 months post immunisation70.262.1*94.575.686.489.1
 5–6 months post immunisation (day 2 or 3 post partum)67.562.1*91.9*64.878.375.6
 8–9 months post immunisation (3rd month post partum)62.151.3*72.954.271.474.2
Antibody geometric mean titre ±sd
 Baseline (gestation weeks 13–30)7.9±0.28.7±0.322.9±0.2*8.9±0.28.5±0.214.8±0.3
 1 month post immunisation57.9±0.441.1±0.4*143.2±0.2*50.4±0.378.2±0.3115.8±0.31
 3 months post immunisation51.6±0.430.3±0.4*108.5±0.2*49.2±0.356.6±0.381.8±0.3
 5–6 months post immunisation (day 2 or 3 post partum)42.4±0.434.8±0.7*85.7±0.3*38.2±0.245.9±0.254.0±0.3
 8–9 months post immunisation (3rd month post partum)27.3±0.4ƒ23.8±0.6ƒ47.6±0.4ƒƒ30.3±0.330.3±0.244.9±0.2
Seroconversion level§ %
 1 month post immunisation62.151.3*64.857.171.464.2
Seroconversion factor##
 1 month post immunisation7.24.7*6.25.79.27.8

#: n=37; : n=42; +: proportion of immunised patients with antibody titres ≥1:40 must be ≥70%; §: must be ≥40%; ##: must be ≥2.5. *: p<0.05 for differences between the compared groups; **: p<0.01 for differences between the compared groups; ƒ: p<0.05 for differences between 1 month post immunisation and 8–9 months post immunisation inside the reference group; ƒƒ: p<0.01 for differences between 1 month post immunisation and 8–9 months post immunisation inside the reference group.