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Seroprevalence of Antibodies against Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis in Adult At-Risk Patients
Patients with chronic diseases are at increased risk of complications following infection. It remains, however, unknown to what extend they are protected against vaccine-preventable diseases.
Lise Boey +15 more
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Recent outbreaks of pertussis have highlighted the importance of surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases. Here, the authors performed a cross-sectional seroprevalence study of pertussis, diphtheria, and tetanus in Europe and found evidence of ...
Guy Berbers +23 more
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Background Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and inactivated poliovirus combined vaccine is widely used in young children as part of a series of immunizations before they start attending school.
Preston O’Brien, Robert W. Wong
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Safety of pertussis vaccines for adolescents
Aim: to investigate the safety of acellular pertussis vaccines for adolescents.Materials and methods. The clinical tolerability of revaccination against pertussis (cell-free component), diphtheria and tetanus was analyzed in 107 children aged 13,5–14 ...
M. P. Kostinov +6 more
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Immunogenicity and Complications of the Pentavalent Vaccine in Iranian Children
Objective: Vaccination is one of the most convenient and safe preventive care measures available for children. The Pentavalent vaccine which protects against five major infections including diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B(HepB) and ...
Mina Ekrami Noghabi +7 more
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What do Parents Learn by Reading a DPT Vaccine Information Form?
Objective: Information forms are commonly used to inform parents about childhood vaccination. This study assessed the knowledge of mothers about pertussis and pertussis vaccine before and after reading a form about diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus (dpt ...
Ronald Gold, Gordean L Bjornson
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Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine combined with Bordetella parapertussis vaccine [PDF]
Investigations carried out to ascertain the ability of various strains of Bordetella pertussis and B. parapertussis to produce agglutinins have shown that the agglutinin response is considerably greater with B. parapertussis.Children inoculated with a combined vaccine in which the parapertussis element contained B.
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Pertussis is a highly contagious disease, for which periodic peaks in incidence and an increasing number of outbreaks have been observed over the last decades.
Martina Kovac +4 more
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An infant who suffered seizures many times after pentavalent vaccination: A case report
Although rare, serious adverse effects may be seen after vaccination. Especially, the whole-cell pertussis vaccine has been held responsible for neurological side effects, as the most important problem in vaccination.
Meryem Erat Nergiz +4 more
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Evaluation of the immune response to diphtheria and tetanus toxoids by the serological methods
Scientific relevance. Currently, two types of methods are used to evaluate the potency of diphtheria and tetanus toxoids: the gold standard, which involves administering toxins to immunised animals, and serological methods, which involve quantifying ...
Е. I. Komarovskaya, A. A. Soldatov
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