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The response to vaccines during pregnancy can be variable, however, we have no evidence of a decrease in their effectiveness. Furthermore, the protective effect of vaccines during pregnancy has been documented for more than a century. Pregnant women are vulnerable to influenza virus infections, presenting higher morbidity and mortality rates. Influenza vaccination with a non-adjuvanted inactivated vaccine, preferably quadrivalent, is recommended for all pregnant women in any trimester of pregnancy. Infection by Bordetella Pertussis, especially in children under 3 months of age, is of great risk. Vaccination during pregnancy aims to protect the newborn during the first months of life, through the passive transfer of antibodies and to prevent the woman from acquiring whooping cough and infecting the newborn. Pregnancy is a risk factor for greater severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection, therefore, pregnant women constitute a priority group for vaccination. The vaccine should be offered to pregnant women just as it is to the rest of the population, since the benefits of its administration most likely outweigh the risks of suffering from the infection. It is especially important to offer it to pregnant women with comorbidities. Every pregnant woman should be advised about the importance and benefits of vaccination for herself and her children. Today influenza vaccines, the TDaP vaccine and the COVID-19 vaccine are indicated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To identify the clinical characteristics of patients diagnosed with Pertussis like Syndrome at the Hospital General Liborio Panchana Sotomayor. Materials and methods: This was a descriptive and retrospective study in infant patients diagnosed with Pertussis like Syndrome of the mentioned hospital during the period from June 2015 to May 2017, the clinical data of the medical histories found in the medical records department. Results: Out of the 45 patients evaluated, 57.8% were male, the most frequent age group was 2-6 months (68.9%), in-hospital management was performed in 53.1% of them, the presence of leukocytosis with lymphocytosis was the most frequent laboratory finding (37.8%), the majority received treatment with macrolides (82.2%) and only 39.1% had complications (n=9) of the admitted patients. Conclusion: there is a high frequency of Pertussis like Syndrome in our children population with a predominance in male sex, with ages between 2-6 months, leukocytosis with lymphocytosis as the most frequent laboratory finding and use of macrolides as the main antimicrobial agent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this article is to study the two phases of the poliomyelitis' vaccination campaign in the years 1963 and 1964, with the Sabin oral vaccine, in the city of Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz). We also expound some data about the vaccination campaign in 1965 against polio, diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus in the same city. We have used, in our study, original documents sources from Municipal Archives of Jerez, other archives and libraries of the province, as well as local, regional and national press, which have provided us some information on the mentioned vaccination campaigns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]