Maternal vaccinations

Vaccinations of International Travelers

Meningococcal Vaccinations

Neisseria meningitidis, a gram-negative diplococcal bacterium, is a common asymptomatic nasopharyngeal colonizer that may infrequently lead to invasive disease in the form of meningitis or bacteremia. Six serogroups (A, B, C, W, X and Y) are responsible for the majority of invasive infections. Increased risk of disease occurs in specific population groups including infants, adolescents, those w...

Maternal nutritional status during pregnancy and infant immune response to routine childhood vaccinations

To systematically review the association between maternal nutritional status in pregnancy and infant immune response to childhood vaccines. We reviewed literature on maternal nutrition during pregnancy, fetal immune system and vaccines and possible relationships. Thereafter, we undertook a systematic review of the literature of maternal nutritional status and infant vaccine response, extracted ...

Potential Benefits of Vaccinations

Introduction We live in an age of incredible technology, discovery and medicine. Smartphones, spaceships, and bionic eyes are no longer reserved for science fiction. Vaccinations are among the groundbreaking medical discoveries which “allow us to engage our adaptive immune systems to produce highly specific antibodies and immunological memory against a potential future infection” (Federman, 201...

Vaccinations and Dravet Syndrome.

Investigators from various university hospitals, reference medical institutions and epilepsy centers, and the national institute for public health and environment in the Netherlands, studied the effect of vaccinations on seizure risk and disease course in patients with Dravet syndrome (DS).