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- A pertussis booster for teens and adults. // Cortlandt Forum;Feb2006, Vol. 19 Issue 2, p16
The article features the new vaccine Adacel by Sanofi Pasteur. Adacel is a booster vaccine containing diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxoid, and acellular pertussis antigens. The capability of the tetanus and diphtheria toxoids in Adacel was based on the immunogenicity of the antigens that were...
- CDC Recommends Deferral of Adult/Adolescent Td Boosters Until 2002. Sweeney, Rosemarie; Neff, Matthew // American Family Physician;7/1/2001, Vol. 64 Issue 1, p22
Deals with the recommendation of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to delay the routine tetanus and diphtheria toxoid (Td) boosters in adults and adolescents until 2002. Indications for Td boosters.
- CDC: Delay tetanus booster shots until 2002. // Drug Utilization Review;Jul2001, Vol. 17 Issue 7, p55
Reports on the delay of the administration of routine booster doses of tetanus and diphtheria toxoids (Td) to adults and adolescents in the United States until 2002. Cause of the delay; Information on Td production; People who need to be vaccinated with Td.
- Tetanus Toxoid Immunization of Adults: A Continuing Need. Brooks, Geo F.; Buchanan, Thomas M.; Bennett, John V. // Annals of Internal Medicine;Oct70, Vol. 73 Issue 4, p603
Focuses on the tetanus toxoid immunization of adults in the U.S. Information on tetanus toxoid; Schedule for tetanus toxoid immunization; Importance of improved immunization of adults.
- tetanus vaccine. // Royal Society of Medicine: Medicines;2002, p530
The article presents information on tetanus vaccine which is used in to provide protection against infection by the tetanus organism. In tetanus vaccine, the bacterial toxoid is adsorbed onto a mineral carrier and is usually given as one constituent of the triple vaccine adsorbed diptheria,...
- TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS IN CHILDREN. Carter, William S.; Thomas M.Holder // Clinical Pediatrics;Dec1963, Vol. 2 Issue 12, p657
Tetanus continues to be a very real problem in this country and carries a mortality rate of nearly 61 per cent. Blame for the continuing incidence of clinical tetanus in the United States is the lack of childhood immunizations and boosters. Major advances in the past two decades necessitate a...
- Update on the Supply of Tetanus and Diphtheria Toxoids and of Diphtheria and Tetatnus Toxoids and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine. // MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report;3/16/2001, Vol. 50 Issue 10, p189
Reports on the shortage in supply of tetanus and diphtheria toxoids and tetanus toxoid vaccines in the United States. Recommended dosage of diphtheria toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine.
- Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis antibodies in 10-year-old children before and after a booster dose of three toxoids: implications for the timing of a booster dose. Trollfors, Birger; Knutsson, Nina; Taranger, John; Mark, Anders; Bergfors, Elisabet; Sundh, Valter; LagergÃrd, Teresa; Lagergård, Teresa // European Journal of Pediatrics;Jan2006, Vol. 165 Issue 1, p14
Unlabelled: In an open study, 502 10-year-old children, who had received primary vaccination against diphtheria and tetanus in infancy and had varying histories of pertussis disease and vaccination, were vaccinated with diphtheria-tetanus vaccine (DT) alone or with the addition of... - News from the FDA. Pennachio, Dorothy L. // Patient Care;Jun2005, Vol. 39 Issue 6, p12
Presents news briefs on several drugs approved and medical instrument recalled by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as of June 2005. Approval of Boostrix (tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid and acellular pertussis vaccine, adsorbed) as a single-dose booster vaccination for the...
- Deferral of Routine Booster Doses of Tetanus and Diphtheria Toxoids for Adolescents and Adults. // JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association;6/13/2001, Vol. 285 Issue 22, p2849
Reports on the United States Centers for Disease Control's recommendation to defer administration of tetanus and diptheria toxoid booster doses in light of an imminent shortage. Discontinuation of production by tetanus toxoid-containing product manufacturer; Time delay required to build...
