Over the last years, an increasing number of outbreaks of vaccine-preventable infectious
diseases has been reported. Besides elderly and immunocompromised individuals …

Background Infants< 3 months of age are at highest risk for developing severe complications
after pertussis. The majority of pregnant women has low concentrations of pertussis-specific …

Importance There is limited comparative epidemiological evidence on outcomes associated
with COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy; monitoring pregnancy outcomes in large …

Introduction Infants too young to be fully immunized are the most vulnerable to severe
pertussis disease. To close this susceptibility gap, passive infant immunization through …

Background Understanding the safety of vaccines is critical to inform decisions about
vaccination. Our objective was to conduct a systematic review of the safety of vaccines …

Background Immunisation is an important public health policy and measuring coverage is
imperative to identify gaps and monitor trends. New Zealand (NZ), like many countries, does …

The WHO recommends vaccination of all children against pertussis. However, newborn
infants remain vulnerable to infection. Pertussis vaccination during pregnancy has been …

Objective Severe pertussis infection has been reported in infants before receiving routine
immunization series. This problem could be solved by vaccinating mothers during …

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 …

Background Pertussis vaccines containing three or five pertussis antigens are
recommended in pregnancy in many countries, but no studies have compared the effect on …