Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
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Maternal immunization is not the same as immunization in pregnancy Ulrich Heininger To cite this article: Ulrich Heininger (2015) Maternal immunization is not the same as immunization in pregnancy, Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 11:4, 1074-1074, DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2015.1009802 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2015.1009802
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Date: 07 November 2015, At: 13:52
LETTER Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 11:4, 1074; April 2015; © 2015 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
Maternal immunization is not the same as immunization in pregnancy Ulrich Heininger*
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University Children’s Hospital, Basel; Basel, Switzerland
Dear Editor, I would like to congratulate Dres. Moniz and Beigi on their timely publication regarding “maternal immunization”, which prompted me to raise a terminology issue.1 I believe the term “maternal immunization“ is frequently used in circumstances where the term “immunization in pregnancy” would be more appropriate to emphasize that the actual topic in fact is immunizing pregnant women, i.e., future mothers of the yet unborn child. In contrast to “immunization in pregnancy”, “maternal immunization” has a much broader sense and comprises a) bringing a woman’s immunization status up-to-date before becoming pregnant, i.e. as part of family planning (such as MMR, varicella, diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis), b) immunizations during pregnancy (specifically those against influenza and pertussis, as discussed in the publication), and c) immunizations after delivery, if they are indicated and were missed before or during pregnancy (including the so called “cocooning” for pertussis, MMR and varicella). I would appreciate if authors of future publications would adopt this terminology. References 1. Moniz MH, Beigi RH. Maternal immunization. Hum Vaccin Immunother 2014; 10(9):2562-70.
*Correspondece to: Ulrich Heininger; Email: [email protected] Submitted: 12/10/2014; Accepted: 12/19/2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2015.1009802
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ISSN: 2164-5515 (Print) 2164-554X (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/khvi20
Maternal immunization is not the same as immunization in pregnancy Ulrich Heininger To cite this article: Ulrich Heininger (2015) Maternal immunization is not the same as immunization in pregnancy, Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 11:4, 1074-1074, DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2015.1009802 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2015.1009802
Accepted author version posted online: 04 Feb 2015.
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Date: 07 November 2015, At: 13:52
LETTER Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 11:4, 1074; April 2015; © 2015 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
Maternal immunization is not the same as immunization in pregnancy Ulrich Heininger*
Downloaded by [Washington University in St Louis] at 13:52 07 November 2015
University Children’s Hospital, Basel; Basel, Switzerland
Dear Editor, I would like to congratulate Dres. Moniz and Beigi on their timely publication regarding “maternal immunization”, which prompted me to raise a terminology issue.1 I believe the term “maternal immunization“ is frequently used in circumstances where the term “immunization in pregnancy” would be more appropriate to emphasize that the actual topic in fact is immunizing pregnant women, i.e., future mothers of the yet unborn child. In contrast to “immunization in pregnancy”, “maternal immunization” has a much broader sense and comprises a) bringing a woman’s immunization status up-to-date before becoming pregnant, i.e. as part of family planning (such as MMR, varicella, diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis), b) immunizations during pregnancy (specifically those against influenza and pertussis, as discussed in the publication), and c) immunizations after delivery, if they are indicated and were missed before or during pregnancy (including the so called “cocooning” for pertussis, MMR and varicella). I would appreciate if authors of future publications would adopt this terminology. References 1. Moniz MH, Beigi RH. Maternal immunization. Hum Vaccin Immunother 2014; 10(9):2562-70.
*Correspondece to: Ulrich Heininger; Email: [email protected] Submitted: 12/10/2014; Accepted: 12/19/2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2015.1009802
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