This report compiles and summarizes all recommendations from CDC's Advisory Committee
on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding prevention and control of tetanus, diphtheria …

En los últimos años se está observando una reemergencia de la tos ferina en los países con
amplias coberturas vacunales, con la aparición de brotes importantes. Este aumento de la …

Pertussis continues to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among
nonimmunized young infants. Although the inception of childhood pertussis immunization …

The technology of intravenous catheter access ports has evolved from open ports covered
by removable caps to more-sophisticated, closed versions containing mechanical valves …

Immune function was observed for 144 weeks in 643 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–
infected subjects who (1) had nadir CD4+ cell counts of< 50 cells/mm3, followed by a …

As a result of waning immunity and improved awareness, the reported incidence of pertussis
is increasing among adolescents in the United States. Symptoms of pertussis are often mild …

BACKGROUND: Increasing incidence of pertussis in adolescents and adults has stimulated
the development of safe and immunogenic acellular pertussis vaccines for booster …

Routine use of pertussis vaccines has diminished the incidence of this disease but has not
eliminated the pathogen. Pertussis remains a significant cause of disease in both very …

Background To assess safety and tolerability of a diphtheria and tetanus toxoid, acellular
pertussis, inactivated poliovirus and Haemophilus influenza type B conjugate adsorbed …

A pertussis outbreak in a hematology-oncology care unit involved 10 (8.5%) of 117
employees. The source was an employee who contracted pertussis via a family contact. No …