Editorial commentary: Tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis immunization in pregnant women and the prevention of pertussis in young infants

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 338-340

  Cherry, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

immunization; pertussis; pregnancy; Tdap

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHOLE CELL VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; MALE; WHOOPING COUGH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; PREGNANCY; VACCINATION; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 84922433158     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu823     Document Type: Note

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