Asociación entre la vacunación con Tdap en el tercer trimestre y la concentración de anticuerpos contra la tos ferina

C Mary Healy1, Marcia A Rench1, Laurie S Swaim2

  • 1Infectious Disease Section, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

JAMA
|October 11, 2018
PubMed
Resumen

La inmunización materna con la vacuna contra el tétanos, la difteria y la tos ferina acelular (Tdap) durante el embarazo aumenta significativamente los anticuerpos de la toxina de la tos ferina neonatal. La vacunación temprana con Tdap en el tercer trimestre, específicamente entre las semanas 27 y 30, produce las concentraciones más altas de anticuerpos en los recién nacidos.

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