Artículo
Prevalence of Pertussis Antibodies in Maternal Blood, Cord Serum, and Infants From Mothers With and Those Without Tdap Booster Vaccination During Pregnancy in Argentina
Registro en:
10.1093/jpids/piw069
Autor
Fallo, Aurelia A
Neyro, Silvina E
Manonelles, Gabriela V
Lara, Claudia
Hozbor, Daniela
Zintgraff, Jonathan
Mazzeo, Silvina
Davison, Héctor E
González, Susana
Zapulla, Estella
Canle, Oscar
Huespe, Miguel
Galas, Marcelo F.
Lopez, Eduardo L.
Resumen
Fil: Fallo, Aurelia A. Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Hospital de Niños "Ricardo Gutiérrez," University of Buenos Aires; Argentina. Fil: Neyro, Silvina E. Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Hospital de Niños "Ricardo Gutiérrez," University of Buenos Aires; Argentina. Fil: Manonelles, Gabriela V. Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Hospital de Niños "Ricardo Gutiérrez," University of Buenos Aires; Argentina. Fil: Lara, Claudia. Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud “Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán” (ANLIS); Argentina. Fil: Hozbor, Daniela. Laboratorio VacSal, Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular (IBBM), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, CCT-CONICET; Argentina. Fil: Zintgraff, Jonathan. Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud “Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán” (ANLIS); Argentina. Fil: Mazzeo, Silvina. Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital D. F. Santojanni, Buenos Aires; Argentina. Fil: Davison, Héctor E. Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital D. F. Santojanni, Buenos Aires; Argentina. Fil: González, Susana. Pediatrics, Hospital D. F. Santojanni, Buenos Aires; Argentina. Fil: Zapulla, Estella. Pediatrics, Hospital D. F. Santojanni, Buenos Aires; Argentina Fil: Canle, Oscar. Blood Center, Hospital de Niños "Ricardo Gutiérrez," Buenos Aires; Argentina Fil: Huespe, Miguel. Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital D. F. Santojanni, Buenos Aires; Argentina. Fil: Galas, Marcelo. Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud “Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán” (ANLIS); Argentina. Fil: López, Eduardo L. Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Hospital de Niños "Ricardo Gutiérrez," University of Buenos Aires; Argentina. Morbidity and mortality rates for pertussis in infants are high because disease often occurs before the onset of routine immunization or in those who do not complete a primary immunization series. Pertussis immunization is recommended during pregnancy to achieve antibody levels sufficient to protect young infants. To our knowledge, no previous reports of maternal pertussis immunization results in Latin America exist in the literature.