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Pertussis and the DTaP Vaccine
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Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a very contagious respiratory tract infection caused by a bacterium called Bordetella pertussis. It can infect people of any age, but the infection can be very serious in infants. Complications of a pertussis infection in infants include pneumonia, seizures, brain injury, and death.
PERTUSSIS VACCINE: THEN AND NOW
The pertussis vaccine (also called an immunization) has been in common use since the 1940s. When the pertussis part of the vaccine was combined with diphtheria (D) and tetanus (T) vaccines, it was called DTP. Side effects of the vaccine were usually caused by the "P" or pertussis part of the vaccine. Side effects were most commonly soreness at the injection site, fever, and fussiness. These side effects are not unusual for vaccines. However, concerns about these side effects led some parents to refuse this vaccine. In the 1980s, pertussis infections began to increase.
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Megan A. Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH, Writer;
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