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Title
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Effect of a prepregnancy pertussis booster dose on maternal antibody titers in young infants
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Abstract
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| To examine the influence of a pertussis booster vaccination on the transfer of maternal antibodies, 24 nonpregnant women received a tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis booster vaccine between 2 consecutive pregnancies. Blood was drawn from mothers and off-spring. Efficient transplacental antibody transfer and significantly higher antibody titers against 3 pertussis antigens were observed in cord blood and in blood of 1-month-old infants born after a maternal booster vaccination compared with results in their siblings born before the booster administration. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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The pediatric infectious disease journal. - Baltimore, Md
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Publication
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Baltimore, Md
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2011
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ISSN
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0891-3668
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30
:7
(2011)
, p. 608-610
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ISI
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000291675100020
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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