==Efficacy== Estimates of acellular pertussis vaccine efficacy range from 84% to 85% in preventing typical whooping cough. Acellular vaccine containing at least 3 protective antigens was shown to be of higher or similar efficacy to the previously-used whole cell pertussis vaccine, however the efficacy of the acellular vaccine declines faster. Desp...
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(from the article `infectious disease`) The number of cases of pertussis (whooping cough), a serious disease that is frequently fatal in infancy, can be dramatically reduced by the use of ...
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A suspension of killed bordetella pertussis organisms, used for immunization against pertussis (whooping cough). It is generally used in a mixture with diphtheria and tetanus toxoids (dtp). There is an acellular pertussis vaccine prepared from the purified antigenic components of bordetella pertussis, which causes fewer adverse reactions than whole...
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a preparation of killed Bordetella pertussis bacilli (whole-cell vaccine) or of purified antigenic components of it (acellular vaccine), used to immunize against pertussis; generally used in combination with diphtheria and tetanus toxoids (see diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccine).
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Type: Term See: diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxoid, pertussis vaccine
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Two types of pertussis vaccines are currently available: the inactivated whole-cell vaccine (wP) and subunit protein-based vaccine (aP).
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