title: Maternal immunization.
abstract: Maternal immunization embraces the concepts that vaccines given to pregnant women enhance their resistance to vaccine-preventable diseases and passive antibodies that cross the placenta protect the neonate for the first 3 to 6 months of life. It is a great public health move to get excellent protection at a small cost. Because all recommended vaccines for use in pregnancy are safe, it makes good sense to bring patients up to date on vaccines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Louisville, 550 South Jackson Street, Louisville, KY 40202, USA. sgall@louisville.edu
authors.forename: Stanley A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Gall
mesh_terms: D019433:Chickenpox Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D022422:Diphtheria-Tetanus Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D022362:Hepatitis A Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000517:prevention & control; D022542:Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D022401:Meningococcal Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D023321:Poliovirus Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control*; D022341:Yellow Fever Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D019433:Chickenpox Vaccine; D022422:Diphtheria-Tetanus Vaccine; D022362:Hepatitis A Vaccines; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D022542:Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine; D022401:Meningococcal Vaccines; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines; D023321:Poliovirus Vaccines; D022341:Yellow Fever Vaccine