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ReviewNeonatology2016

Neonatal Vaccination: Challenges and Intervention Strategies.

Matthew C Morris, Naveen Surendran

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Review in Neonatology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. The historical aspects of vaccination in pregnancy.Best practice & research. Clinical obstetrics & gynaecology · 2021
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  12. Neonatal vaccine effectiveness and the role of adjuvants.Expert review of clinical immunology · 2019
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  15. Vaccine responses in newborns.Seminars in immunopathology · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Matthew C MorrisResearch Institute, Rochester Regional Health Systems, Rochester, N.Y., USA.
Naveen Surendran
Unity Health System · US

Funding

Immune potentiation to improve neonatal and pediatric vaccinesR03AI117700 · NIAID · ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL (NY) · PI SURENDRAN, NAVEEN · 2015 to 2016
$160k
NIAID NIH HHS R03 AI11700-01NIAID NIH HHS R03 AI117700
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWhile vaccines have been tremendously successful in reducing the incidence of serious infectious diseases, newborns remain particularly vulnerable in the first few months of their life to life-threatening infections. A number of challenges exist to neonatal vaccination. However, recent advances in the understanding of neonatal immunology offer insights to overcome many of those challenges.

objectiveThis review will present an overview of the features of neonatal immunity which make vaccination difficult, survey the mechanisms of action of available vaccine adjuvants with respect to the unique features of neonatal immunity, and propose a possible mechanism contributing to the inability of neonates to generate protective immune responses to vaccines.

methodsWe surveyed recent published findings on the challenges to neonatal vaccination and possible intervention strategies including the use of novel vaccine adjuvants to develop efficacious neonatal vaccines.

resultsChallenges in the vaccination of neonates include interference from maternal antibody and excessive skewing towards Th2 immunity, which can be counteracted by the use of proper adjuvants.

conclusionSynergistic stimulation of multiple Toll-like receptors by incorporating well-defined agonist-adjuvant combinations to vaccines is a promising strategy to ensure a protective vaccine response in neonates.

Indexed as

VaccinationAdjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsAnimals, NewbornHumansInfant, NewbornAdjuvants, Immunologic

Identifiers

PMID26757146
PMCPMC4749499
OpenAlexW2283319013

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