{
  "abstract": "Preterm birth affects around 7–8% of pregnancies in the UK. There are immunological consequences of preterm birth, epidemiological differences in infectious diseases in the preterm population and differences in immunity after vaccination, both following immunisations received in pregnancy and following vaccines administered to infants themselves. There are also often increased concerns about the side effects experienced by preterm infants following vaccination. It is important that health care professionals and parents are fully informed about the specific issues of vaccination in this group.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Centre for Neonatal and Paediatric Infection and Vaccine Institute, City St George’s University of London, London, UK",
        "Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Anna Calvert"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Neonatal Services, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Emily Shaw"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Faculty of Medicine and Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK",
        "NIHR Southampton Clinical Research Facility and NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Christine E Jones"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Centre for Neonatal and Paediatric Infection and Vaccine Institute, City St George’s University of London, London, UK",
        "Makerere University Johns Hopkins University, Kampala, Uganda"
      ],
      "name": "Kirsty Le Doare"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Centre for Neonatal and Paediatric Infection and Vaccine Institute, City St George’s University of London, London, UK",
        "St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Paul T Heath"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Preterm infants: immunity and immunisation",
  "uid": "2fa13d65-df3f-5a21-ab50-877843b8403c"
}