Effectiveness of one and two doses of acellular pertussis vaccines against laboratory-confirmed pertussis requiring hospitalisation in infants : Results of the PERTINENT sentinel surveillance system in six EU/EEA countries, December 2015 - December 2019

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BACKGROUND: Monitoring effectiveness of pertussis vaccines is necessary to adapt vaccination strategies. PERTINENT, Pertussis in Infants European Network, is an active sentinel surveillance system implemented in 35 hospitals across six EU/EEA countries. We aim to measure pertussis vaccines effectiveness (VE) by dose against hospitalisation in infants aged <1 year.

METHODS: From December 2015 to December 2019, participating hospitals recruited all infants with pertussis-like symptoms. Cases were vaccine-eligible infants testing positive for Bordetella pertussis by PCR or culture; controls were those testing negative to all Bordetella spp. For each vaccine dose, we defined an infant as vaccinated if she/he received the corresponding dose >14 days before symptoms. Unvaccinated were those who did not receive any dose. We calculated (one-stage model) pooled VE as 100*(1-odds ratio of vaccination) adjusted for country, onset date (in 3-month categories) and age-group (when sample allowed it).

RESULTS: Of 1,393 infants eligible for vaccination, we included 259 cases and 746 controls. Median age was 16 weeks for cases and 19 weeks for controls (p < 0.001). Median birth weight and gestational age were 3,235 g and week 39 for cases, 3,113 g and week 39 for controls. Among cases, 119 (46 %) were vaccinated: 74 with one dose, 37 two doses, 8 three doses. Among controls, 469 (63 %) were vaccinated: 233 with one dose, 206 two doses, 30 three doses. Adjusted VE after at least one dose was 59 % (95 %CI: 36-73). Adjusted VE was 48 % (95 %CI: 5-71) for dose one (416 eligible infants) and 76 % (95 %CI: 43-90) for dose two (258 eligible infants). Only 42 infants were eligible for the third dose.

CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest moderate one-dose and two-dose VE in infants. Larger sample size would allow more precise estimates for dose one, two and three.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:42

Enthalten in:

Vaccine - 42(2024), 9 vom: 02. Apr., Seite 2370-2379

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Merdrignac, Lore [VerfasserIn]
Aït El Belghiti, Fatima [VerfasserIn]
Pandolfi, Elisabetta [VerfasserIn]
Acosta, Lesly [VerfasserIn]
Fabiánová, Kateřina [VerfasserIn]
Habington, Adele [VerfasserIn]
García Cenoz, Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Bøås, Håkon [VerfasserIn]
Toubiana, Julie [VerfasserIn]
Tozzi, Alberto E [VerfasserIn]
Jordan, Iolanda [VerfasserIn]
Zavadilová, Jana [VerfasserIn]
O'Sullivan, Niam [VerfasserIn]
Navascués, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Flem, Elmira [VerfasserIn]
Croci, Ilena [VerfasserIn]
Jané, Mireia [VerfasserIn]
Křížová, Pavla [VerfasserIn]
Cotter, Suzanne [VerfasserIn]
Fernandino, Leticia [VerfasserIn]
Bekkevold, Terese [VerfasserIn]
Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Bacci, Sabrina [VerfasserIn]
Kramarz, Piotr [VerfasserIn]
Kissling, Esther [VerfasserIn]
Savulescu, Camelia [VerfasserIn]
Renacoq Group [VerfasserIn]
PERTINENT Group [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Hospital surveillance
Journal Article
Pertussis
Pertussis Vaccine
Pertussis vaccine
Vaccine effectiveness
Whooping cough

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Date Completed 08.04.2024

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.02.090

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NLM36961786X