Gestational pertussis vaccination and the infants cellular immune response against whole-cell pertussis vaccine in the first year of life
C. Argondizo Correia, L. Rehder de Andrade Vaz-de-Lima, E. Uchima Uehara, E. Gatti Fernandes, H. Keico Sato, A. P. Sayuri Sato, E. Jose de Albuquerque Luna, E. Ayres de Castilho, C. Alves de Brito
This study investigates whether maternal pertussis vaccination during pregnancy affects infants' cellular immune response to the whole-cell pertussis vaccine in the first year of life, finding no difference in cytokine production between vaccinated and unvaccinated mothers' children.
bioRxiv · Jul 23, 2019 · PreprintImmunology