Journal
VACCINES
Volume 10, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines10030458
Keywords
seroepidemiological studies; diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccines; immunization; Colombia
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- Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation COLCIENCIAS-Minciencias-Colombia [699-2018]
- Departmental Laboratory of Public Health of the Sectional Secretariat of Health and Social Protection of Antioquia
- Universidad de Antioquia UdeA, Medellin, Colombia
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The study showed that vaccination with Tdap during pregnancy can provide protection to both mothers and newborns, with maternal antibodies being effectively transferred to the newborns, indicating the importance of vaccination during pregnancy.
The tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine is recommended during pregnancy for neonatal protection against pertussis, although little is known of the protection it provides against diphtheria. The work used a cross-sectional design to estimate seroprevalence against diphtheria in 805 pregnant women with >= 37 gestation weeks and their newborns whose deliveries were attended in eight hospitals randomly chosen from a subregion of Antioquia, Colombia and to explore factors related with maternal protection. Levels of IgG antibodies were determined by using a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test. Placental transfer of antibodies and crude and adjusted prevalence ratio (aPR) were analyzed to describe factors related with maternal protection against diphtheria. Protection against diphtheria was observed in 91.7% (95% CI 90.3-93.0) of the pregnant women and 93.1% (95% CI 91.7-94.4) of newborns, whose antibody levels were positively correlated (Spearman's r = 0.769; p = 0.000). Maternal protection could be influenced by having been vaccinated during the current pregnancy (aPR 0.85, 95% CI: 0.82-0.93). The protective effect of vaccination during pregnancy and the efficiency of maternal antibody transfers were detected. Public health efforts should focus on increasing Tdap vaccination during each pregnancy to protect mothers and newborns against diphtheria.
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