UNC study: Tdap vaccine given during pregnancy reduces occurrence of infant pertussis

(University of North Carolina Health Care) A study led by UNC's Sylvia Becker-Dreps, M.D., M.P.H., reviewed more than 675,000 pregnancies in the US to determine if the Tdap vaccine given to a mother will reduce the chances of her child developing pertussis during the first 18 months of life. The results show a decrease in overall cases of pertussis, and most notably, in pertussis hospitalization in infants whose mothers were immunized during pregnancy.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news