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Should adults receive pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine boosters?

April 26, 2017adults boosters cough pertussis vaccine whooping

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Should adults receive pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine boosters?

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An acellular pertussis vaccine (combined with tetanus and diphtheria antigens) is now available for adolescents and adults (dTpa, or Boostrix). This vaccine should not be given as a primary vaccination series against pertussis; further, no recommendations about additional booster doses using adult/adolescent formulation dTpa can be made at this time.