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whole-cell vaccine

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whole-cell vaccine
n.
Vaccine made up of suspensions of killed bacteria.
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Evidence of Bordetella pertussis infection in adults presenting with persistent cough in a French area with very high whole-cell vaccine coverage.
Pertussis surveillance in private pediatric practices, France, ... by Guiso, Nicole; de La Rocque, France; Njamkepo, Elisabeth; Lecuyer, Aurelie; Levy, Corinne; Romain, O / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The new booster will be a different vaccine known as acellular pertussis, as the whole-cell vaccine given to babies can cause adverse reactions in older children.
Health Zone: Medical notes by The Mirror (London, England)
8, 1996 New England Journal of Medicine demonstrated that the acellular pertussis vaccines provide disease protection and provoke fewer reactions than the whole-cell vaccine.
100-day cough by Fackelmann, Kathleen / Science News
 
 
 
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