In a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, longitudinal study, 252 children recelved
licensed Lederie diphtheria-tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccine adsorbed (DTP) at 2, 4 …

In two double-blind, randomized, comparative studies involving a total of 218 children, an
acellular pertussis (DTPa) vaccine containing diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis …

Immunization against pertussis (whooping cough) has been part of the routine childhood
immunization program for over 50 years. Until 1997, a whole cell pertussis vaccine was …

Effective diphtheria, tetanus toxoids, whole-cell pertussis (DTwP) vaccines became
available in the 1930s, and they were put into routine use in the United States in the 1940s …

OBJECTIVE: Recent universal vaccination efforts among children in the United States have
markedly changed hospitalization patterns for many vaccine-preventable diseases. Infants …

OBJECTIVE: The safety of a booster dose of a reduced-antigen-content tetanus–diphtheria–
acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine was evaluated in adolescents previously vaccinated with …

German adolescents (n= 123) without previous pertussis vaccination, no history of pertussis
and low IgG-anti-pertussis-toxin (PT) levels received one dose of the Tdap vaccine …

Pertussis causes substantial morbidity among adolescents and adults, as well as other
persons in contact with affected individuals. In the context of widespread childhood …

Background. In the course of a large pertussis vaccine efficacy trial we realized that
investigator compliance could have a major impact on calculated vaccine efficacy. Design …

Aims: To investigate the clinical picture and frequency of Bordetella pertussis and B
parapertussis infections after introduction of acellular pertussis (acP) vaccines in Germany …