Pertussis Vaccines
Studies from H.O. Hallander and Colleagues Reveal New Findings on Pertussis Vaccines
Published in Vaccine Weekly, February 1st, 2012
2012 FEB 1 -- Investigators discuss in "Is adolescent pertussis vaccination preferable to natural booster infections" new findings in Pertussis Vaccines. According to the authors of recent research published in the journal Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology, "Pertussis is still poorly controlled in both adolescents and adults. As a result, an adolescent pertussis booster vaccine dose has already been implemented or decided on in many countries."
"The reasons for this have been twofold: a worrying increase of infections in the target group of adolescents and a wish to prevent serious pertussis disease among young yet unvaccinated, and partly...
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