Interplay between Tetanus, Diphtheria, Acellular Pertussis Vaccination in Pregnancy and Infant Pneumococcal Vaccination in Shaping Infant Pneumococcal Vaccine Serotype Carriage
The Tdap vaccination during pregnancy was associated with increased pneumococcal vaccine-related serotype carriage in infants, though the clinical significance remains uncertain. Future studies integrating vaccine serotype carriage data with protective pneumococcal antibody levels are needed to inform future maternal and infant vaccination strategies.
Authors
- Stefanie Desmet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4338-1929)
- Liesbet Van Heirstraeten
- Surbhi Malhotra‐Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8699-8905)
- Heidi Theeten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4436-559X)
- E. Bosch
- Kirsten Maertens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2880-441X)
- Helene Vermeulen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0511-511X)
- Esra Ekinci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3097-3976)
- Lisa Paranthoen
Institutions
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Laboratoire National de Référence (MA)
- Infectious Diseases Institute (UG)
- Hasselt University (BE)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-08-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaf458
- Primary Topic
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00