Adverse events following Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, 1990-2013. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To characterize adverse events (AEs) after Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccines reported to the...
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Importance There is accumulating literature on waning acellular pertussis vaccine–induced immunity, confirming the results of studies assessing the duration of protection of pertussis vaccines. Objective To evaluate the tetanus toxoid, reduced...
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The Pertussis Problem and a Possible SolutionWill Parents Go Along? The microorganisms that cause infectious diseases have a way of humbling us. Just as we think we have a problem solved, the microbes outsmart us. Penicillin was a miracle in 1943...
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Epidemiological and Economic Effects of Priming With the Whole-Cell Bordetella pertussis Vaccine Importance Current acellular pertussis vaccines may not protect against transmission of Bordetella pertussis. Objective To assess whether a priming...
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Impact of Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid, and Acellular Pertussis Vaccinations on Reported Pertussis Cases Among Those 11 to 18 Years of Age in an Era of Waning Pertussis Immunity: A Follow-up Analysis Skoff TH, Martin SW JAMA...
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Lorrin was severely brain damaged from DPT and died after many years profoundly disabled, her parents divorced from the stress, her father took to drink and was found dead in his apartment two weeks later.
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It is established that (1) subclinical Bordetella pertussis colonization of the nasopharynx persists in highly vaccinated populations, and (2) B. pertussis toxin is a potent adjuvant that, when co-administered with neural antigens, induces...
Read more After administering pertussis toxin and other antigens to animals, researchers were able to autoimmune encephalomyelitis – the principle animal model for MS. From this testing of vaccines on animals, the researchers concluded that...
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The recent resurgence in cases of Bordetella pertussis, or whooping cough, may be caused by vaccinated people who are infectious but do not display symptoms, according to recent study data in BMC Medicine. “An acellular B. pertussis vaccine which...
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The article presents comparative study of the incidence of adverse effects following vaccinations with whole cell and acellular pertussis vaccines, based on data collected in obligatory routine surveillance of AEFI in the period of 2001-2005 in...
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This is my personal experience with helping my son overcome eczema with breastfeeding and diet adjustment. It all started when my son was 3 months old. He was being exclusively breastfed at the time; one day I noticed a dry patch of skin on his...
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Context Vaccination with whole-cell pertussis vaccine carries an increased risk of febrile seizures, but whether this risk applies to the acellular pertussis vaccine is not known. In Denmark, acellular pertussis vaccine has been included in the...
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