Maternal Vaccination and Vaccines

Dear Colleagues,

Maternal vaccination may protect pregnant women, their fetuses, and infants from vaccine-preventable infections. No adverse fetal impacts have been identified with inactivated viruses, toxoids, or bacterial vaccines, while live-attenuated vaccines should be reserved for the postpartum period. Despite sufficient safety data to support the use of vaccines during pregnancy, maternal immunization is still not widely used for disease prevention due to concerns about vaccine safety from pregnant women. In this Special Issue, articles and reviews presenting data which support the use of maternal vaccines in pregnancy and providing updates on the status of vaccines currently under development for use in pregnant women are welcomed.

Dr. Gianluca Straface
Guest Editor

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