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Acellular pertussis vaccines pertinent issues.
Efficacy of whole cell pertussis vaccines (wP) in humans correlates with (and hence is measured by) the ‘mouse protection test’, wherein vaccinated mice are challenged with live B. pertussis. This test does not work similarly with acellular pertussis vaccines (aP); hence antibody levels to various antigens are measured as a surrogate marker of efficacy. This difference between the direct as com...
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متن کاملEstimating the effectiveness of acellular pertussis vaccines.
TO THE EDITOR—In the 15 June 2012 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Witt et al reported that vaccine effectiveness (VE) of acellular pertussis vaccines was 41% for children aged 2–7 years, 24% for 8to 12-year-olds, and 79% for 13to 18-year-olds [1]. The authors conclude that their data “confirms markedly lower than expected protection afforded by the pre-school series of acellular pertussi...
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The resurgence of pertussis (whooping cough) in countries with high vaccination coverage is alarming and invites reconsideration of the use of current acellular pertussis (aP) vaccines, which have largely replaced the old, reactogenic, whole-cell pertussis (wP) vaccine. Some drawbacks of these vaccines in terms of limited antigenic composition and early waning of antibody levels could be antici...
متن کاملWhole-cell and acellular pertussis vaccines.
OBJECTIVE To provide a review of pertussis vaccines, including information on efficacy, adverse reactions, and antibody production following administration of both whole-cell and acellular pertussis vaccines. DATA SOURCES A MEDLINE search and extensive review of journals was conducted to identify the information for this review. DATA EXTRACTION Pertinent studies reporting experience with pe...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.73.5.390