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Maternal immunization: opportunities for scientific advancement.

ABSTRACT: Maternal immunization is an effective strategy to prevent and/or minimize the severity of infectious diseases in pregnant women and their infants. Based on the success of vaccination programs to prevent maternal and neonatal tetanus, maternal immunization has been well received in the United States and globally as a promising strategy for the prevention of other vaccine-preventable diseases that threaten pregnant women and infants, such as influenza and pertussis. Given the promise for reducing the burden of infectious conditions of perinatal significance through the development of vaccines against relevant pathogens, the Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH) sponsored a series of meetings to foster progress toward clinical development of vaccines for use in pregnancy. A multidisciplinary group of stakeholders convened at the NIH in December 2013 to identify potential barriers and opportunities for scientific advancement in maternal immunization.

SUBMITTER: Beigi RH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4303055 | biostudies-other | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Maternal immunization: opportunities for scientific advancement.

Beigi Richard H RH   Fortner Kimberly B KB   Munoz Flor M FM   Roberts Jeff J   Gordon Jennifer L JL   Han Htay Htay HH   Glenn Greg G   Dormitzer Philip R PR   Gu Xing Xing XX   Read Jennifer S JS   Edwards Kathryn K   Patel Shital M SM   Swamy Geeta K GK  

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20141201

Maternal immunization is an effective strategy to prevent and/or minimize the severity of infectious diseases in pregnant women and their infants. Based on the success of vaccination programs to prevent maternal and neonatal tetanus, maternal immunization has been well received in the United States and globally as a promising strategy for the prevention of other vaccine-preventable diseases that threaten pregnant women and infants, such as influenza and pertussis. Given the promise for reducing  ...[more]