OB/GYN and Women's Health

Immunizing Pregnant Women Against Pertussis: A Good Idea?


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Host: Lisa Mazzullo, MD
Guest: Stanley Gall, MD

Since the 1990s, we have seen a resurgence in infant deaths related to pertussis. Once thought to be a disease of childhood, pertussis attack rates are very high among non-immunized adults. Dr. Stanley Gall, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and women's health at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, analyzes the risk-benefit ratio of immunizing pregnant women and other vulnerable populations with host Dr. Lisa Mazzullo.

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