Maternal immunization is an effective strategy to prevent and/or minimize the severity of
infectious diseases in pregnant women and their infants. Based on the success of …

Maternal immunization holds tremendous promise to improve maternal and neonatal health
for a number of infectious conditions. The unique susceptibilities of pregnant women to …

Over the last 35 years, efforts at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to protect mothers and
their infants against infectious diseases have involved a bench-to-bedside approach. Basic …

Pregnancy and the postpartum period are associated with elevated risks to both mother and
infant from infectious disease. Vaccination of pregnant women, also called maternal …

Immunizing the pregnant woman to protect both the mother and her infant from infection has
been utilized increasingly over the last decade. New outbreaks of pandemic influenza and …

Vaccines currently recommended during pregnancy include inactivated influenza, acellular
pertussis, and tetanus toxoid vaccines. Maternal immunization provides protection to the …

Immunization during pregnancy has been recommended in an increasing number of
countries. The aim of this strategy is to protect pregnant women and infants from severe …

This state-of-the art manuscript highlights our current understanding of maternal
immunization—the practice of vaccinating pregnant women to confer protection on them as …

Neonates, infants, and pregnant women are at higher risk of succumbing to infectious
diseases, with up to 600,000 neonates dying of infections annually [1]. While the neonate …

Pregnant women, neonates, and infants are at higher risk for severe infections due to
vaccine‐preventable diseases. Very young infants rarely respond well to vaccination due to …