Nordic study shines light on broader benefits

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Mar , 2024

Nordic study shines light on broader benefits

In a recent study published in the journal Vaccine, a team of researchers evaluated whether the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine administered to children below the age of two after three doses of diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine provided any non-specific beneficial effects in reducing the overall number of antibiotic treatments. Study: Is vaccination against […]

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Oct , 2023

Tag: Diphtheria

Maternal pertussis vaccination boosts infant protection up to eight months

In a recent study published in the journal Pediatrics, researchers carried out a large-scale population-based cohort study across Australia to investigate maternal vaccination effectiveness (VE) against pertussis. They further evaluated whether the vaccination of a mother ≥14 days before the birth of her child would significantly alter the effectiveness of routine primary pertussis vaccine administration […]