pertussis in English

noun

[pə(r)'tʌsɪs]

(Pathology) whooping cough, acute infectious disease that attacks the respiratory system (usually affects young children)

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1. The acellular pertussis components (pertussis toxin

2. Pertussis is a highly contagious, acute infectious bacterial disease, caused by Bordetella pertussis.

3. Synonym(s): Bordetella pertussis

4. 208 Pertussis vaccine (acellular, component, adsorbed) ..5.3-3407 Pertussis vaccine (acellular, co-purified, adsorbed) ...........

5. Against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus

6. The acellular pertussis antigen preferably comprises pertussis holotoxin (PT) and filamentous haemagglutinin (FHA) and, optionally, pertactin.

7. All adults should be vaccinated once only against pertussis with the combined Td and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine.

8. DTaP : Diphtheria , tetanus , and acellular pertussis vaccine

9. * Tdap : Tetanus , diphtheria , and pertussis booster

10. with acellular pertussis vaccine. As of September 2004, all provinces/territories had implemented universal adolescent acellular pertussis programs with Tdap.

11. The fimbrial agglutinogen preparation may be used to prepare acellular pertussis vaccines with other pertussis antigens, including pertussis toxin or toxoid thereof, the 69 kDa protein and filamentous haemagglutonin and other Bordetella antigens.

12. Babies with pertussis make a " whooping " sound .

13. Diphtheria toxoid# Tetanus toxoid# Bordetella pertussis antigens

14. Encephalopathy within # days of administration of a previous dose of any vaccine containing pertussis antigens (whole cell or acellular pertussis vaccines

15. B. pertussis and occasionally B. parapertussis cause pertussis or whooping cough in humans, and some B. parapertussis strains can colonise sheep.

16. Thus, Acellular pertussis vaccine is reserved for the 4th and …

17. The lack of a monovalent acellular pertussis vaccine limits the choices.

18. OBJECTIVES: To assess the efficacy and safety of Acellular pertussis vaccines in children.

19. tho Diphtheria toxoid# Tetanus toxoid# Inactivated Bordetella pertussis # Hepatitis B surface antigen (rDNA

20. Cautions for Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine Adsorbed Contraindications

21. Acellular pertussis vaccines (containing purified or recombinant Bordetella pertussis antigens) were developed in the hope that they would be as effective but less reactogenic than the whole-cell vaccines

22. There are two formulations of acellular pertussis vaccine, the infant/pediatric formulation (aP) and the adolescent/adult formulation (ap). The latter contains a lower concentration of pertussis antigens than the former.

23. Currently, all jurisdictions in Canada fund administration of acellular pertussis vaccine to adolescents.

24. However , you should discuss the risks of the pertussis vaccine with your doctor .

25. Most of these side effects result from the pertussis component of the vaccine .

26. Shared primer pcr combined with hybridisation for the detection of bordetella pertussis and b parapertussis

27. The medical term for the disease is pertussis - the " P " in the DTaP vaccine .

28. Three months prior to admission, he had had a culture-confirmed case of pertussis.

29. Background NACI recommends the administration of a single dose of the adolescent/adult formulation of the acellular pertussis vaccine to pre-adolescents, adolescents, and adults who have not received a dose of acellular pertussis vaccine.

30. Major communicable and non-communicable diseases are diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, hepatitis B & human influenza B.

31. These six childhood diseases are measles, poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and neonatal tetanus.

32. Ushuaia suffered several epidemics, including typhus, pertussis, and measles, that much reduced the native population.

33. A high proportion is missing the recommended booster doses against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio.

34. Vaccination against pertussis is especially important for those in direct contact with young infants or patients .

35. Despite serious safety concerns, people take Coltsfoot for lung problems such as bronchitis, asthma, and whooping cough (pertussis)

36. In the United States, an acellular pertussis vaccine was recently licensed for the primary infant immunization series.

37. Diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, inactivated poliomyelitis, hepatitis B (recombinant) and Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine, adjuvanted

38. The objective of this study was to assess the local and systemic tolerability of two batches of the Biken acellular pertussis (Pa) vaccine following administration of a single vaccine dose to adults with or without a history of prior pertussis immunization.

39. However, data indicate that protection against pertussis may be waning at # years of age with this #-# months schedule

40. Immediate allergic reactions can occur, including allergic shock after the vaccination, generally in combination with diphteria and pertussis.

41. If you are younger than 65 , one of these doses should also include protection against pertussis ( whooping cough ) .

42. Acellular pertussis vaccine (aP) with three or more antigens prevents around 85% of typical whooping cough cases in children

43. • Afebrile convulsions have not been shown to be caused by pertussis vaccine and are not a contraindication to immunization.

44. Bordet-Gengou potato blood agar - glycerin-potato agar with 25% of blood, used for the isolation of Bordetella pertussis.

45. The first three doses of acellular pertussis vaccine are the most critical in reducing infant mortality and hospitalization rates.

46. Guidelines for the production and control of Acellular pertussis component of monovalent and combined vaccines were adopted in 1996

47. BOOSTRIX (Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine, Adsorbed) is a noninfectious, sterile, vaccine for intramuscular administration

48. Studies with conjugate meningococcal vaccine and with adult/adolescent formulations of tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis vaccines (Tdap) are under way.

49. • Chickenpox Diphtheria Hepatitis B Invasive Hib Disease Measles Mumps Acute Flaccid Paralysis Pertussis Poliomyelitis Rubella Congenital Rubella Syndrome Tetanus

50. Jules Bordet and Octave Gengou isolated Bordetella pertussis, a causative agent for whooping cough, in Paris more than 100 years …