Pertussis vaccination during pregnancy: long term effects in children and pregnant women. University of Antwerp
Despite successful universal pertussis vaccination programs, the disease remains an important public health problem and is nowadays still one of the most common vaccine-preventable diseases in the world. The highest incidence and disease burden can be found in infants below one year of age, too young to be completely protected by the available vaccines and vaccinations schedules. To better protect these infants, maternal pertussis vaccination ...