Pertussis vax in third trimester best
20th March 2015
The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) believes that third trimester immunisation gives superior protection to mother and newborn, according to Professor Peter McIntyre, director of the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases (NCIRS).
He said ATAGI has agreed to update the current recommendations in the 10th edition of the Australian Immunisation Handbook, calling for postpartum
