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Swedish Infants Developed Pertussis at a Younger Age if Their Mother Was the Possible Source of Infection in 2009–2015

open access: yesActa Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim The aim of this study was to investigate the possible source of laboratory‐confirmed pertussis in infants under 6 months of age. Methods This nationwide prospective study was based on laboratory‐confirmed cases reported in the enhanced pertussis surveillance in Sweden from 2009 to 2015. The parents or carers of 345 infants were interviewed
Bernice Aronsson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vaccinations During Pregnancy Protect the Mother–Infant Dyad and Are Generally Safe

open access: yesActa Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim Vaccination in pregnancy has a critical impact on mothers, foetuses and infants. The aim of this paper was to summarise key points presented by experts attending the 12th Maria Delivoria‐Papadopoulos Perinatal Symposium in March 2025 and further expand and update them.
Ariadne Malamitsi‐Puchner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bordetella pertussis Strain Lacking Pertactin and Pertussis Toxin

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2016
A Bordetella pertussis strain lacking 2 acellular vaccine immunogens, pertussis toxin and pertactin, was isolated from an unvaccinated infant in New York State in 2013.
Margaret M. Williams   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Provider Insight on Surmounting Specialty Practice Challenges to Improve Tdap Immunization Rates among Pregnant Women

open access: yes, 2018
Background Pertussis, or “whooping cough,” is an acute, contagious pulmonary disease that, despite being vaccine-preventable, has become an increasingly widespread problem in the United States.
Albert, Alison P.   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Acellular Pertussis Vaccination Coverage Among Publicly Insured Pregnant Women, U.S., 2016–2019

open access: yesAJPM Focus, 2023
Introduction: Vaccination with tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccine during pregnancy is highly effective against Bordetella pertussis in young infants.
Cheryl J. Isenhour, DVM   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recent advances and challenges in antigen engineering & vaccine development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
textVaccines play a vital role in public health by preventing infectious disease across the globe. Vaccine formulations represent a weakened form of a microbe or toxin that is injected into the human body to elicit an immune response, generating ...
Kornahrens, William Joseph
core  

An open-label randomized clinical trial of prophylactic paracetamol coadministered with 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and hexavalent diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxoid, 3-component acellular pertussis, hepatitis B, inactivated poliovirus, and Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
BACKGROUND: In two clinical trials, low-grade fever was observed more frequently after coadministration than after separate administration of two recommended routine pediatric vaccines.
Baker, Sherryl   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Factors Affecting Immune Reconstitution Post‐Allogeneic HSCT in Children: The Case for an Individualized Approach to Vaccination

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Haematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is increasingly used to treat malignant and non‐malignant diseases. Following allogeneic HSCT, patients are particularly vulnerable to vaccine‐preventable diseases (VPD) because conditioning depletes immune cells, including memory cells.
Hélène Buvelot   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lichen planus following tetanus–diphtheria–acellular pertussis vaccination: A case report and review of the literature

open access: yesSAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2018
Lichen planus is an inflammatory dermatosis with a prevalence of approximately 1%. Recent meta-analyses show that patients with hepatitis C virus have a 2.5- to 4.5-fold increased risk of developing lichen planus.
Heather C Rosengard   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acellular and "low" pertussis vaccines: adverse events and the role of mutations Vacinas pertussis acelular e pertussis "low": eventos adversos e o papel das mutações

open access: yesRevista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2009
Objective: to discuss the current PAHO recommendation that does not support the substitution of traditional cellular DTP vaccine by acellular DTP, and the role of mutations, in humans, as the main cause of rare adverse events, such as epileptic-like ...
Hisako G. Higashi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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