Decay Rates of Maternal Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis Antibody Levels in Early and Moderate-to-Late Preterm and Term Infants at Birth and at Two Months
A post hoc analysis of maternally derived antibodies at birth and age 2 months following second trimester maternal Tdap vaccination between 20 and 24 weeks' gestational age (GA) showed a faster decay rate of Tdap-related immunoglobulin G in early preterms born before 32 weeks' GA compared with moderate-to-late preterms and full-terms. This is different from previous studies and merits further research.
Authors
- Hester E. de Melker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9100-1639)
- Gerco den Hartog (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2103-6315)
- Nynke Y. Rots (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7170-7826)
- Mireille N. Bekker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7372-4291)
- Maarten M. Immink (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9266-379X)
- Elisabeth A. M. Sanders (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6672-3266)
- Pieter G. M. van Gageldonk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2753-9674)
- Nicoline van der Maas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4793-2724)
- Floris Groenendaal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9284-1637)
Institutions
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Utrecht University (NL)
- Radboud University Medical Center (NL)
- University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (NL)
- Wilhelmina Children's Hospital (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-12-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae717
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.34
Funders
- ZonMw