Timing of Tdap Immunization in Pregnancy to Protect Young Infants

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Research Article| June 01 2013 Timing of Tdap Immunization in Pregnancy to Protect Young Infants AAP Grand Rounds (2013) 29 (6): 65. https://doi.org/10.1542/gr.29-6-65 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Timing of Tdap Immunization in Pregnancy to Protect Young Infants. AAP Grand Rounds June 2013; 29 (6): 65. https://doi.org/10.1542/gr.29-6-65 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All PublicationsAll JournalsAAP Grand RoundsPediatricsHospital PediatricsPediatrics In ReviewNeoReviewsAAP NewsAll AAP Sites Search Advanced Search Topics: immunization, pertussis, tdap vaccine, thoracodorsal artery perforator flap Source: Healy C, Rench M, Baker C. Importance of timing of maternal combined tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) immunization and protection of young infants. Clin Infect Dis. 2013; 56(4): 539– 544; doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cis923Google Scholar Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine sought to determine whether infants born to mothers who had received the tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine 2 to 24 months prior to delivery were protected against pertussis infection through 2 months of age. Mothers were eligible if delivery occurred at ≥37 weeks’ gestation during the study period of 2009 to 2011. Participants were excluded if they met diagnostic criteria for recent pertussis infection. Maternal serum and infant cord blood IgG values to pertussis-toxin (PT) were reported as geometric mean concentrations (GMC) and compared between mothers who had been vaccinated preconception and during pregnancy. Placental transfer... You do not currently have access to this content.