BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017 Background Tetanus-reduced dose diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination during adolescence was introduced in response to the resurgence of pertussis in various countries.
Hyo Jin Kwon +7 more
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Impact of vaccination on epidemiology of diphtheria and pertussis
Vaccine Research, 2015 Whooping cough and diphtheria are vaccine preventable diseases. Diphtheria, due to Corynebacterium diphtheriae or Corynebactium ulcerans, two Gram positive bacteria, is a serious upper respiratory tract disease with high morbidity and mortality rates ...
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Chip Shots: Association Between the State Children's Health Insurance Programs and Immunization Coverage and Delivery [PDF]
By age two a child who is up to date for immunizations will have received up to 19 shots delivered over eight visits at a market cost of $525 dollars for the vaccines alone, a far more expensive and demanding regimen that the 8 shots received in 1987. In
Andrew Racine, Ted Joyce
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Experience and challenges on influenza and pertussis vaccination in pregnant women
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018 Young infants contribute to relatively high burden of vaccine-preventable diseases, including infections by influenza virus and Bordetella pertussis. Vaccination of pregnant women can enhance transplacental transfer of protective antibody to the fetus ...
Shabir A. Madhi, Marta C. Nunes
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Evaluating the Immunogenicity of the Pertussis Component of the DPT Vaccine in 12- month old Infants in Kerman City, 2015 [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Pertussis is a contagious infectious disease that is preventable by vaccine. This bacterial infection is caused by bordetella pertussis. Since pertussis vaccine coverage in Iran has not been studied recently and the type of vaccine used in ...
Dehaghani, Azam +3 more
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Human Papillomavirus Infection: Prevention, Barriers to Vaccination, and the Need for Education [PDF]
, 2016 While there is no known cure for HPV, prophylactic vaccination provides an effective method of primary prevention against HPV-related diseases. However, many females and males never receive the HPV vaccine as recommended.
Kessler, Theresa A
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Overdose and intramuscular administration of Bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccine in a 2-month-old infant
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2014 The Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine is used against tuberculosis. According to the vaccination program in Turkey, DaBT-Hib-IPV (diphtheriapertussis [acellular]-tetanus-haemophilus influenza type b-inactive poliovaccine), PVC13 (pneumoccocal ...
Güniz Yaşöz +2 more
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New Pertussis Vaccination Strategies beyond Infancy: Recommendations by the Global Pertussis Initiative [PDF]
, 2017 Background. The Global Pertussis Initiative, an expert scientific forum, was established to address the ongoing problems associated with pertussis disease worldwide. Methods.
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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2017 Background: An acellular Pertussis (aP) vaccine containing recombinant genetically detoxified Pertussis Toxin (PTgen), Filamentous Hemagglutinin (FHA) and Pertactin (PRN) has been developed by BioNet-Asia (BioNet).
Chukiat Sirivichayakul +9 more
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Serologic Response and Antibody-Titer Decay in Adults with Pertussis [PDF]
, 2017 Pertussis is a frequent and significant illness in adults. Because acellular pertussis vaccines for use in adolescents and adults have now been developed, it is important to compare serologic responses in adults after infection with serologic responses ...
Cherry, James D. +2 more
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