Efficacy of maternal vaccination during pregnancy against infant respiratory viruses

Cammie Tran; Thao Pham; Kiarina D Chichirelo-Konstantynovych; Tetyana V Konstantynovych; Sheikh M Alif

doi:10.1183/20734735.0017-2022

Efficacy of maternal vaccination during pregnancy against infant respiratory viruses

Breathe (Sheff). 2022 Jun;18(2):220017. doi: 10.1183/20734735.0017-2022. Epub 2022 Jun 7.

Authors

Cammie Tran¹, Thao Pham¹, Kiarina D Chichirelo-Konstantynovych², Tetyana V Konstantynovych², Sheikh M Alif¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
² National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya, Ukraine.

Abstract

Maternal vaccinations were effective in preventing RSV-associated lower respiratory tract infection and influenza in infants. The protection for infants against influenza was highest at 2 months and gradually declined up to 6 months of age. https://bit.ly/3ry3DAH.