Vaccine effectiveness against mild and severe covid-19 in pregnant individuals and their infants in England: test negative case-control study
The results of this study indicated that maternal vaccination prevented mild and severe disease in pregnant individuals and their infants for up to six months after birth. The findings support the promotion of both primary and booster vaccination for pregnant individuals to protect themselves and their infants.
Authors
- Anna Mensah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3291-3416)
- Jamie Lopez Bernal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1301-5653)
- Freja Kirsebom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4585-319X)
- Shamez Ladhani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0856-2476)
- Helen Campbell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9840-8917)
- Mary Ramsay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7156-7640)
- Nick Andrews (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2069-2684)
- Julia Stowe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3999-6461)
Institutions
- St George's, University of London (GB)
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (GB)
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (GB)
- NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- UK Health Security Agency (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Medicine
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjmed-2023-000696
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.91
Funders
- Public Health England