Insufficient immune protection in preterm infants due to delayed or incomplete hexavalent vaccination
Due to insufficient adherence to vaccination recommendations, 42% of highly vulnerable preterm neonates were insufficiently protected against one or more vaccine-preventable diseases after one year. Efforts should be increased to improve adherence to the recommended 3 + 1 vaccination schedule in preterm infants.
Authors
- Philipp Henneke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7314-7984)
- Janina Marißen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1779-3508)
- Regine Weber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7620-2432)
- Dorothee Viemann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9009-3559)
- Erol Tutdibi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1866-4492)
- Marie-Theres Dammann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3731-8456)
- Nasenien Nourkami‐Tutdibi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4240-1868)
- Mats Ingmar Fortmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1676-8340)
- Sybelle Goedicke‐Fritz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1005-4873)
- Elisabeth Kaiser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1771-8479)
- Michelle Bous (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2607-1577)
- Muriel Charlotte Hans
- Christoph Derouet
- Michael Zemlin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9528-7419)
- Christian Gille
- Stephan Gehring (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9755-9155)
- Christoph Härtel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2181-7322)
- Steve Hein
- Mara Wuhrmann
Institutions
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University Medical Center Freiburg (DE)
- Heidelberg University of Education (DE)
- University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- Universitätsklinikum Würzburg (DE)
- Heidelberg University (US)
- Saarland University (DE)
- University of Lübeck (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Immunology
- Published
- 2025-10-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2025.1626057
- Primary Topic
- Immune responses and vaccinations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung