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Pertussis vaccine is a vaccine that protects against whooping cough (pertussis). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] There are two main types: whole-cell vaccines and acellular vaccines. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The whole-cell vaccine is about 78% effective while the acellular vaccine is 71–85% effective.
Preventable with vaccine and PEP but once symptoms manifest, there is no cure and the CFR is greater than 99%. 4 known people who survived were simply vaccinated too late, [5] after symptoms started; more recently, at least 3 individuals have survived after being placed in a medically induced coma, however this protocol has since been disputed. [6]
Whooping cough (/ ˈ h uː p ɪ ŋ / or / ˈ w uː p ɪ ŋ /), also known as pertussis or the 100-day cough, is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable bacterial disease. [1] [10] Initial symptoms are usually similar to those of the common cold with a runny nose, fever, and mild cough, but these are followed by two or three months of severe coughing fits. [1]
Whooping cough outbreaks in Europe, Asia and parts of the U.S. should be a reminder to get vaccinated, experts say. ... there were 307 reported deaths from pertussis from 2000 to 2017. Nearly 85% ...
The U.S. is experiencing more than four times as many whooping cough cases compared with last year — a spike that some experts attribute to post-pandemic vaccine fatigue. “With the increase in ...
CDC data shows that whooping cough cases are rising in the U.S. Experts say routine immunization is the best way ... By comparison, there were only 3,962 whooping cough cases around this time last ...
The DPT vaccine or DTP vaccine is a class of combination vaccines to protect against three infectious diseases in humans: diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus (lockjaw). [7] The vaccine components include diphtheria and tetanus toxoids , and either killed whole cells of the bacterium that causes pertussis or pertussis antigens .
The outbreak comes amid a statewide outbreak that public health officials have been warning of since the summer.