Many countries recommend diphtheria, tetanus and/or poliomyelitis boosters in adolescents
or adults and the need for pertussis booster vaccination beyond childhood is increasingly …

BACKGROUND: Although decennial adult boosters of tetanus and diphtheria toxoids are
recommended in Canada and the United States, a second dose of pertussis vaccine is not …

There is increasing interest in prevention of pertussis in adults by vaccination, but little is
known about the duration of the antibody response to pertussis, diphtheria or tetanus in …

Background: The rising incidence of pertussis amongst adults and adolescents in
industrialised countries could be reduced by replacing tetanus and diphtheria (Td) boosters …

Background Over the last decades, pertussis showed periodic increases in its incidence
among adults, despite being a vaccine-preventable disease. Methods This phase III …

Introduction. The circulation of infectious diseases puts small infants too young to be
vaccinated at risk of morbidity and mortality, often requiring prolonged hospitalization …

Background 'Cocooning'aims to protect susceptible infants from pertussis via caregiver
vaccination. Control trials evaluating educational interventions to promote cocooning are …

BACKGROUND. Prelicensure studies of diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, hepatitis B,
inactivated polio virus vaccine suggested that there were higher rates of fever after its …

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 …

In the pre-vaccine era, there was little information about clinical pertussis in adults, although
deaths were noted. Today Bordetella pertussis infection in adults is noted to cause a full …