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Phrases with «pertussis vaccine»

The phrase "pertussis vaccine" refers to a type of medicine that helps protect people from getting a contagious illness called pertussis, also known as whooping cough. It is a shot or injection given to prevent the spread of this specific disease. Full definition

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Sentences with «pertussis vaccine»

  • «This study demonstrates that despite high rates of Tdap vaccination, the growing number of adolescents who have received only the newer acellular pertussis vaccines continue to be at higher risk of contracting whooping cough and sustaining epidemics,» said lead author Nicola Klein, MD, PhD, co-director of the Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Domenech de Cellès and colleagues set out to explain the pertussis paradox and gain a better understanding of the efficacy of pertussis vaccines — particularly the new generation of acellular vaccines. (aaas.org)
  • Before pertussis vaccines came into use in the 1930s, the infection killed about 4,000 Americans (mostly infants) a year — 10 times as many as the number of people who died annually from measles and 12 times more than died from smallpox. (discovermagazine.com)
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