Is it time to administer acellular pertussis vaccine to childbearing age/pregnant women in all areas using whole-cell pertussis vaccination schedule?
Abdoulreza EsteghamatiShirin SayyahfarYousef AlimohamadiSarvenaz SalahiMahmood FaramarziPublished in: Therapeutic advances in vaccines and immunotherapy (2021)
The infants of women of childbearing age might be prone to pertussis in countries using the wP vaccination schedule. It is suggested to administer a dose of Tdap to women before or during pregnancy to increase the immunity of their infants against this disease during early infancy.