Maternal Immunization

Provides a contemporary overview of vaccines in pregnancy, with an emphasis on aspects of importance for the target group

Elke Leuridan (Edited by), Marta Nunes (Edited by), Chrissie Jones (Edited by)

9780128145821, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 27 November 2019

394 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.63 kg

"This book provides a helpful review on vaccines, as well as the pathogens that they target, and will likely benefit providers who commonly administer immunizations and receive questions regarding their benefits and safety. Moreover, the writing is done such that providers who do not have a background in the research and development of vaccines will still find the material understandable. While this book does contain reviews of several vaccines currently in development, it omits work being done on COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2). Given the rapidly shifting developments regarding potential vaccines for this virus, its exclusion may benefit the book by allowing it to avoid reviewing information that becomes dated quickly and instead focus on the immunizations with scientifically proven benefits to both mothers and children." --Doody

Immunization during pregnancy with currently recommended vaccines prevents infection in the mother, the unborn fetus, and the young infant, and there is an increasing focus from different stakeholders to use this approach for other infections of importance to protect these vulnerable groups. The aim of this Maternal Immunization book is to provide a contemporary overview of vaccines used in pregnancy (and the lactation period), with emphasis on aspects of importance for the target groups, namely, rationale for the use of vaccines in pregnancy, safety, immunogenicity (immunology), timing to vaccinate, repeat doses, protective effects in the mother, fetus, and infant, and public acceptance and implementation, of existing and of future vaccines.

Part I: Concepts of maternal immunization 1 The history of maternal immunization 2 Vaccination of women in the pre-conception and post-partum periods 3 Immunobiological aspects of vaccines in pregnancy: Maternal perspective 4 Immunobiological aspects of vaccines in pregnancy: Infant perspective 5 Global considerations on maternal vaccine introduction and implementation

Subject Areas: Immunology [MJCM]