Journal article

Impact of maternal diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccination on pertussis booster immune responses in toddlers: Follow-up of a randomized trial

F Martinón-Torres, SA Halperin, T Nolan, B Tapiéro, KP Perrett, IS de la Cueva, J García-Sicilia, Z Stranak, OG Vanderkooi, P Kosina, S Rumlarova, M Virta, JMM Arribas, M Miranda-Valdivieso, BA Novas, J Bozensky, MJC Ortega, JTR Amador, M Baca, EE Palomino Show all

Vaccine | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2021

Abstract

Background: Transplacentally transferred antibodies induced by maternal pertussis vaccination interfere with infant immune responses to pertussis primary vaccination. We evaluated whether this interference remains in toddlers after booster vaccination. Methods: In a prior phase IV, observer-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized study (NCT02377349), pregnant women in Australia, Canada and Europe received intramuscular tetanus-reduced-antigen-content diphtheria-three-component acellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap group) or placebo (control group) at 270/7–366/7 weeks’ gestation, with crossover immunization postpartum. Their infants were primed (study NCT02422264) and boosted (at 11–18 months; cur..

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