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Complex Mixtures > Biological Products > Vaccines > Bacterial Vaccines > Pertussis Vaccine

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Pertussis Vaccine  

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  • DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE is also available

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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-cell vaccine and, like the whole-cell vaccine, is generally used in a mixture with diphtheria and tetanus toxoids. (From Dorland, 28th ed)

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