Maternal and neonatal vaccination - how early can we protect infants?

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/571385

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Currently, only hepatitis B vaccine is routinely given at birth and for all other vaccines the earliest recommended administration is at 6 weeks old. This is too late to protect infants against pertussis and the most severe cases (hospitalisation or death) occur before 4 months. This research aims to assess if birth pertussis vaccination can protect infants earlier, measure the longevity of immunity following birth hepatitis B vaccination and examine the potential role for maternal vaccination

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2013

Funding Scheme: Early Career Fellowships

Funding Amount: $196,331.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Preventive Medicine

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Epidemiology | Immunisation | Population health | Prevention

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