【Pertussis Vaccine】1 dose Suitable for pregnant women and Infant caregivers
What is Pertussis?
Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory infection spread by droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes, or via direct contact with the respiratory secretions of the infected. The disease affects people of all ages, and infants who are too young to be vaccinated are most vulnerable. Young children and particularly infants have a much higher risk of severe complications from the infection and the disease may be fatal.
Why is Pertussis significant?
In recent years, the resurgence of pertussis has been observed in countries with high vaccination coverage, such as Australia, Japan, the United States and Europe. Regionally, there is also a significant increase in the number of reported pertussis in the Mainland including Guangdong Province. In Hong Kong, there has been a surge in the notified pertussis cases since 2017 and the increasing trend continued through 2018. There are 110 cases in 2018 and 38% of these affected infants are less than 6 months old.
Pertussis is most dangerous in infants. In infants younger than 2 months of age infected with pertussis, 90% will require hospitalization, 76% will die of pertussis-related complications. In infants young than 1 year old who are hospitalized because of pertussis, 1/100 will die of the disease.
How is the vaccination given?
The SCVPD recommends that the vaccination can be conducted at any time in the second or third trimesters, preferably before 35 weeks of gestation for transplacental transfer of maternal vaccine-induced antibodies to the baby. It takes two weeks for antibodies to develop after the vaccination and the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that the vaccine be given preferably at least 15 days before the end of pregnancy. If women have not received any pertussis-containing vaccine during pregnancy, they would still benefit by receiving one dose of vaccine as early as possible after delivery, preferably before discharge from the hospital for indirect protection of infants.
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