Tetanus–diphtheria–acellular pertussis vaccination for adults: an update

Tetanus–diphtheria–acellular pertussis vaccination for adults: an update

Although tetanus and diphtheria have become rare in developed countries, pertussis is still endemic in some developed countries. These are vaccine-preventable diseases and vaccination for adults is important to prevent the outbreak of disease. Strategies for tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis vaccines vary from country to country. Each country needs to monitor consistently epidemiology of the d...

NACI update on pertussis vaccination in pregnancy.

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization has published a review of the literature, along with a review of Canadian pertussis epidemiology and recommendations for protecting infants from pertussis. The NACI statement containing this information can be found online. 2 The review concluded that the pertus-sis vaccine has been shown to be safe and immuno-genic in pregnant women. However, the...

Update on pertussis and pertussis immunization

Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory tract disease caused by Bordetella pertussis infection. The clinical manifestation of this infection can be severe enough to cause death. Although pertussis has been supposed to be a vaccine-preventable disease ever since the widespread vaccination of children against pertussis was started, since the 1990s, cases of pertussis and related fatalities a...

Pertussis vaccination and pregnancy.

TO THE EDITOR—We welcome the contribution of Healy et al [1] on (pre)pregnancy diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis (dTpa) immunization, as scientific evidence on this topic is increasingly needed to assist countries in their decision-making processes. Pertussis incidence and disease severity is worryingly high in very young infants in countries with high coverage for infant pertussis v...

Vaccination against pertussis.