Booster vaccination against tetanus and diphtheria: insufficient protection against diphtheria in young and elderly adults

Quadracel: Vaccination Against Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, and Poliomyelitis in Children.

INTRODUCTION Vaccinations in school-aged children are required by state and local law to maintain high vaccination coverage rates, as well as low rates of vaccine-preventable diseases. Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis are childhood diseases that can be life threatening; poliomyelitis, another childhood disease, can be disabling. In turn, vaccinations were developed to provide protection again...

Oral Immunization against Diphtheria and Tetanus Infections by Fluid Dphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids

Recall Responses to Tetanus and Diphtheria Vaccination Are Frequently Insufficient in Elderly Persons

UNLABELLED Demographic changes and a more active life-style in older age have contributed to an increasing public awareness of the need for lifelong vaccination. Currently many older persons have been vaccinated against selected pathogens during childhood but lack regular booster immunizations. The impact of regular vaccinations when started late in life was analyzed in an open, explorative tri...

Mass immunity against diphtheria and tetanus in sorne urban and rural areas in Iran

The value of booster vaccinations against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and poliomyelitis.

During the last ten years important achievements have been made throughout the world in the fight against infectious diseases, particularly those preventable by vaccination. the combined efforts of researchers, industry and health workers have made it possible to fully exploit the potential of the new vaccines, using them in the most rational way possible on the basis of the latest epidemiologi...