Intranasal vaccine against Bordetella pertussis invokes seronegative IgA response
1. Nasal secretory IgA seroconversion was achieved in more patients who received BPZE1 than those who received Tdap. 2. Both ...
Tag: pertussis
Routine childhood vaccinations disrupted by the 2020 global pandemic
1. Approximately 8.5 million children were estimated to have missed DTP3 and MCV1 vaccinations in 2020 due to the global ...
Tdap vaccination in pregnancy effective in preventing pertussis in infants
1. Maternal vaccination with tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, acellular pertussis (Tdap) during pregnancy was found to be highly effective ...
Late pregnancy pertussis vaccination may boost passive immunity
1. Women who received the dTpa vaccine in pregnancy had higher levels of cord antibodies to pertussis toxin (PT), pertactin ...
Waning Tdap vaccine effectiveness among adolescents
1. Adolescents receiving only the acellular pertussis vaccine were compared to case controls during the 2012 Washington state pertussis epidemic. ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind October 20 – October 27, 2014
In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. Four ...
Pertussis found to persist in UK children despite preschool booster vaccine
1. Roughly 1 in 5 UK children presenting with persistent cough were found to be infected with pertussis despite receiving ...
Acellular Pertussis vaccine less effective than whole-cell vaccine
Image: PD 1. Teenagers vaccinated with acellular pertussis (DTaP) in infancy were at a greater risk of developing pertussis than ...
[Policy Statement] American Academy of Pediatrics releases updated vaccination schedule
Jan 28th - Released today, the AAP, CDC and the American Academy of Family Physicians have finalized 2013 vaccine recommendations. ...
Pertussis outbreaks on the rise, vaccine effectiveness waning [NEJM]
Image: CC. B. Pertussis Key study points: For every year after the 5th dose of the DTaP vaccine (age 4-6), ...