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

Acta 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, Despina D. Briana, Gian Carlo Di Renzo   +2 more
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A Comparison of Pertussis Rates in the Northwest Territories: Pre- and Postacellular Pertussis Vaccine Introduction in Children and Adolescents

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2005
INTRODUCTION: During the past decade, a trend toward increasing cases of Bordetella pertussis in older children and adults has been witnessed in Canada.
Kami Kandola, Amy Lea, Wanda White, Maria Santos   +3 more
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Severe pertussis infection in infants less than 6 months of age: clinical manifestations and molecular characterization [PDF]

, 2017
We conducted a study to determine the main traits of pertussis among unimmunized infants less than 6 months of age. From August 2012 to March 2015, 141 nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPAs) were collected from infants with respiratory symptoms attending 2
Buttinelli, Gabriele, Carsetti, Rita, Concato, Carlo, Di Mattia, Greta, Fedele, Giorgio, Gesualdo, Francesco, Midulla, Fabio, Nicolai, Ambra, Stefanelli, Paola, the Pertussis Study Group,, Tozzi, Alberto E., Vacca, Paola, Villani, Alberto   +12 more
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Sex-Differential Non-Vaccine-Specific Immunological Effects of Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis and Measles Vaccination [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2016
Abstract Vaccines can have nontargeted heterologous effects that manifest as increased protection against nonvaccine infections, as described for measles vaccine (MV), or increased susceptibility to infections and death, as described following diphtheria-tetanus-whole cell pertussis (DTP) vaccination. The mechanisms are unknown, and high-
Noho-Konteh, Fatou, Adetifa, Jane U, Cox, Momodou, Hossin, Safayet, Reynolds, John, Le, My Thanh, Sanyang, Lady Chilel, Drammeh, Abdoulie, Plebanski, Magdalena, Forster, Thorsten, Dickinson, Paul, Ghazal, Peter, Whittle, Hilton, Rowland-Jones, Sarah L, Sutherland, Jayne S, Flanagan, Katie L   +15 more
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Whole-Cell or Acellular Pertussis Primary Immunizations in Infancy Determines Adolescent Cellular Immune Profiles

Frontiers in Immunology, 2018
IntroductionPertussis is re-emerging worldwide, despite effective immunization programs for infants and children. Epidemiological studies show a more limited duration of protection against clinical pertussis in adolescents primed with acellular pertussis
Saskia van der Lee, Saskia van der Lee, Lotte H. Hendrikx, Lotte H. Hendrikx, Elisabeth A. M. Sanders, Elisabeth A. M. Sanders, Guy A. M. Berbers, Anne-Marie Buisman   +7 more
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Rationale for Recommending Varicella Vaccination Into the Swedish National Immunisation Programme

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim Under Swedish law, a vaccination may be included in the National Immunisation Programme (NIP) if it effectively prevents transmission in the population, is cost‐effective and aligns with ethical and humanitarian principles. The Public Health Agency of Sweden (PHAS) evaluated these criteria for introducing varicella vaccination. Methods The
Annika Ersson, Kari Johansen, Sören Andersson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Primary Immunization with a Triple Diphtheria-Tetanus-Whole Cell Pertussis Vaccine in Iranian Infants: An Analysis of Antibody Response

Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, 2009
Universal vaccination of neonates and children against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis has had a tremendous impact on the control of these infectious diseases worldwide.
Zarei Saeed, Jeddi-Tehrani Mahmood, Akhondi Mohammad Mehdi , Zeraati Hojjat, Pourheidari Foroughalsadat, Ostadkarampour Mahyar, Tavangar Banafsheh, Shokri Fazel   +7 more
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CLINICO–Demographic Profile and Outcomes of Hospitalised Children With Diphtheria in A Tertiary Care Hospital of Peshawar

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To determine the clinico‐demographic profile and predictors of mortality in hospitalised children with diphtheria. Methods This retrospective cohort study included 202 children aged 5–16 years diagnosed with diphtheria per WHO criteria at Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, from January 2023 to December 2024. Data on demographics, vaccination
Amir Muhammad, Ashfaq Ahmed, Waqas Naseem, Ale Azad Othman, Mohsin Hassan, Lyaba Atta, Muhammad Tahir   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Population-Based Surveillance of HiB Invasive Infections in Children in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario -- 1995 to 1997

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2000
OBJECTIVE: To assess vaccine effectiveness through enhanced disease surveillance following the change in childhood immunization programs in 1995, when all provinces and territories chose to use polyribosyl ribitol phosphate-tetanus protein (PRP-T ...
David Scheifele, Alison Bell, Taj Jadavji, Wendy Vaudry, John Waters, Monika Naus, Jill Sciberras   +6 more
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The Update, March 22, 2010 [PDF]

, 2010
The Update is a bi-weekly web newsletter published by the Iowa Department of Public Health's Bureau of Family Health. It is posted the second and fourth week of every month, and provides useful job resource information for departmental health care ...

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