Reduced Risk of Pertussis Among Persons Ever Vaccinated With Whole Cell Pertussis Vaccine Compared to Recipients of Acellular Pertussis Vaccines in a Large US Cohort

Background. Unexpected waning of immunity after pertussis vaccination is now well described. In this study we examined whether prior vaccination with whole-cell pertussis vaccine (wP) at any point provided superior protection contrasted with a solely acellular pertussis vaccine (aP) series. We utili...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2013-05, Vol.56 (9), p.1248-1254
Hauptverfasser:	Witt, Maxwell A., Arias, Larry, Katz, Paul H., Truong, Elizabeth T., Witt, David J.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent ARTICLES AND COMMENTARIES Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Child Disease Outbreaks Drug dosages Ent and stomatologic bacterial diseases Epidemics Female Human bacterial diseases Humans Immunity (Disease) Immunization Infectious diseases Male Managed Care Programs Medical sciences Pertussis Vaccine - administration & dosage Pertussis Vaccine - immunology Prevalence Risk Factors United States - epidemiology Vaccines Vaccines, Acellular - administration & dosage Vaccines, Acellular - immunology Whooping cough Whooping Cough - epidemiology Whooping Cough - immunology Whooping Cough - prevention & control Young Adult
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