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Specific immune response in adult medical personnel immunized with acellular pertussis vaccine with special emphasis on T helper cell response.
Vaccine - 1 Dec 1997
Lin T Y, Chiang B L
Abstract excerpt
Recent epidemiologic data have indicated that adults are the most important reservoir that transmit pertussis to children. However, conventional whole cell pertussis vaccine is contraindicated in adults and children over 7 years of age because of the unacceptably high rate of adverse reactions. The aim of this study is to evaluate the specific cellular immune responses and adverse reactions to a less reactogenic...
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