[MCOH-EH] MCOH-EH Digest, Vol 254, Issue 17 - Pertussis Vaccination

[Therese Bovee-McKelvey]

Thank you for the update Kathleen!
Therese

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re:  Updated Pertussis Vaccination (Therese Bovee-McKelvey)

The ACIP pertussis working group is discussing the issue of Tdap boosters now and will probably present a recommendation at the June 2019 ACIP meeting. It is true that antibodies developed in response to the acellular pertussis component of this vaccine wane quite a bit within just a few years. This is why pregnant women are recommended to receive Tdap during each pregnancy to protect their infants from pertussis.

Kathleen Harriman
Immunization Branch
California Department of Public Health
kathleen.harriman at cdph.ca.gov


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