Mother's Flu Causes Autism?

Mother's Flu Causes Autism?

Could flu during pregnancy raise risk for autism? Researchers found no evidence that laboratory-diagnosis alone of maternal influenza during pregnancy is associated with risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the offspring. They did, however, find a trend toward risk in mothers with a laboratory diagnosis of influenza and self-reported symptoms of severe illness. This trend did not achieve statistical significance. Source 6p.