acellular pertussis vaccine

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A diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis vaccine containing two or more antigens but no whole cells.

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The vaccine is delivered through a “carrier virus” that causes a common cold in chimpanzees but does not affect humans.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The need for an Ebola vaccine in West Africa has never been greater.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
With Ebola still raging in West Africa, the race to find a vaccine is heating up.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
On average, the vaccine has an efficacy of about 60 percent.
When You Get the Flu This Winter, You Can Blame Anti-Vaxxers|Kent Sepkowitz|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST

With enough changing of the influenza RNA over time, the vaccine no longer provokes the “right” immune response.
When You Get the Flu This Winter, You Can Blame Anti-Vaxxers|Kent Sepkowitz|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A marked increase, accompanied by an increase in the total leukocyte count, is seen in pertussis and lymphatic leukemia.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
A marked lymphocyte leukocytosis occurs in pertussis, and is of value in diagnosis.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
British house of commons voted Dr. Jenner 10,000 for his discovery of the vaccine inoculation.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
We have two kinds of vaccines already, the cow-pox vaccine and the killed cultures of bacteria introduced by Wright.
The Treatment of Hay Fever|George Frederick Laidlaw
The final proof was the cure of the patient by an autogenous vaccine made of the offending microbe.
The Treatment of Hay Fever|George Frederick Laidlaw