Editorial
Covid-19 Vaccination during Pregnancy — Two for the Price of One
The New England journal of medicine, Vol.387(2), pp.178-179
07/14/2022
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe2206730
PMCID: PMC9258746
PMID: 35731898
Abstract
The benefits of maternal vaccination to the infant through maternal antibody transfer across the placenta have long been recognized. In the 1870s, babies born to mothers who had received smallpox vaccination were unlikely to have smallpox early in life.
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Tetanus toxoid vaccination during pregnancy, along with improved hygiene during delivery, has resulted in substantially reduced rates of neonatal tetanus in some developing countries.
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Decreased risks of influenza and pertussis have been reported during the first few months of life among infants whose mothers had received the inactivated influenza vaccine and the combined tetanus–diphtheria–acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine, respectively. Both vaccines are . . .
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Covid-19 Vaccination during Pregnancy — Two for the Price of One
- Creators
- Sonja A. Rasmussen - University of FloridaDenise J. Jamieson - Florida College
- Resource Type
- Editorial
- Publication Details
- The New England journal of medicine, Vol.387(2), pp.178-179
- DOI
- 10.1056/NEJMe2206730
- PMID
- 35731898
- PMCID
- PMC9258746
- NLM abbreviation
- N Engl J Med
- ISSN
- 0028-4793
- eISSN
- 1533-4406
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/14/2022
- Academic Unit
- Obstetrics and Gynecology; VPMA - Administration
- Record Identifier
- 9984446409002771
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