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Update on pertussis and pertussis immunization
Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory tract disease caused by Bordetella pertussis infection. The clinical manifestation of this infection can be severe enough to cause death. Although pertussis has been supposed to be a vaccine-preventable disease ever since the widespread vaccination of children against pertussis was started, since the 1990s, cases of pertussis and related fatalities a...
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Since Madsen (1933) first drew attention to the possibility of serious consequences following active immunization against whooping-cough, reports of neurological sequelae of such immunization have come from various parts of the world. These sequelae (post-inoculation poliQmyelitis is not being considered here) have ranged from transient convulsions with complete recovery to gross crippling, men...
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Background. Given increases in the incidence of pertussis, protective strategies for young infants are used (cocooning, maternal immunization), but there is limited data regarding two key areas for implementation knowledge of pertussis in pregnant women, and their willingness to participate in various preventative campaigns. With increasing rates of pertussis in Manitoba and anticipating future...
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A case-control study from England and Wales on the effectiveness of tetanusdiphtheria-pertussis (Tdap) immunization in pregnant women, authored by Dabrera et al in this issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, supports the finding of a previous observational study done by the same group of investigators [1, 2]. As noted by the authors, a single dose of Tdap was recommended in the United Kingdom f...
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BACKGROUND Mothers often are the source of pertussis illness in young infants. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend tetanus and diphtheria toxoids and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine for postpartum women before hospital discharge. In January 2008, this recommendation was implemented in a predominantly Hispanic, medically underserved population at Ben Taub General Hospital...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
سال: 1991
ISSN: 1034-4810,1440-1754
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1991.tb00403.x