Open Collections

UBC Faculty Research and Publications

Vaccination in Pregnancy against Pertussis: A Consensus Statement on Behalf of the Global Pertussis Initiative Abu-Raya, Bahaa; Forsyth, Kevin; Halperin, Scott A.; Maertens, Kirsten; Jones, Christine E.; Heininger, Ulrich; Hozbor, Daniela; Wirsing von König, Carl Heinz; Chitkara, Amar J.; Muloiwa, Rudzani; Tan, Tina Q.

Abstract

Infants are at high risk for severe morbidity and mortality from pertussis disease during early infancy. Vaccination against pertussis in pregnancy has emerged as the ideal strategy to protect infants during these early, vulnerable, first months of life. On 30 November and 1 December 2021, the Global Pertussis Initiative held a meeting that aimed to discuss and review the most up-to-date scientific literature supporting vaccination against pertussis in pregnancy and outstanding scientific questions. Herein, we review the current and historically published literature and summarize the findings as consensus statements on vaccination against pertussis in pregnancy on behalf of the Global Pertussis Initiative.

Item Metadata

Title
Vaccination in Pregnancy against Pertussis: A Consensus Statement on Behalf of the Global Pertussis Initiative
Creator
Abu-Raya, Bahaa; Forsyth, Kevin; Halperin, Scott A.; Maertens, Kirsten; Jones, Christine E.; Heininger, Ulrich; Hozbor, Daniela; Wirsing von König, Carl Heinz; Chitkara, Amar J.; Muloiwa, Rudzani; Tan, Tina Q.
Contributor
Children's Hospital (Vancouver, B.C.). Research Institute
Publisher
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Date Issued
2022-11-23
Description
Infants are at high risk for severe morbidity and mortality from pertussis disease during early infancy. Vaccination against pertussis in pregnancy has emerged as the ideal strategy to protect infants during these early, vulnerable, first months of life. On 30 November and 1 December 2021, the Global Pertussis Initiative held a meeting that aimed to discuss and review the most up-to-date scientific literature supporting vaccination against pertussis in pregnancy and outstanding scientific questions. Herein, we review the current and historically published literature and summarize the findings as consensus statements on vaccination against pertussis in pregnancy on behalf of the Global Pertussis Initiative.
Subject
pertussis; pregnancy; vaccination; immunity; protection; Global Pertussis Initiative
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2025-06-09
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
CC BY 4.0
DOI
10.14288/1.0449075
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/91318
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Non UBC; Pediatrics, Department of
Citation
Vaccines 10 (12): 1990 (2022)
Publisher DOI
10.3390/vaccines10121990
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository
DSpace

Item Media

Item Citations and Data

Rights

CC BY 4.0