Maternal Immunization Earlier in Pregnancy Maximizes Antibody Transfer and Expected Infant Seropositivity Against Pertussis

Maternal Immunization Earlier in Pregnancy Maximizes Antibody Transfer and Expected Infant Seropositivity Against Pertussis

Guidelines recommend that pregnant women be vaccinated against pertussis between gestational weeks 26 and 36. We show that this narrow window can be widened, as optimal neonatal antibody concentrations and expected infant seropositivity rates are elicited between weeks 13 and 33.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Eberhardt, Christiane S., Blanchard-Rohner, Geraldine, Lemaître, Barbara, Boukrid, Meriem, Combescure, Christophe, Othenin-Girard, Véronique, Chilin, Antonina, Petre, Jean, de Tejada, Begoña Martinez, Siegrist, Claire-Anne
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4787611/

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4787611/

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