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SUBMITTER: Jackson ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6541919 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jackson Michael L ML Yu Onchee O Nelson Jennifer C JC Nordin James D JD Tartof Sara Y SY Klein Nicola P NP Donahue James G JG Irving Stephanie A SA Glanz Jason M JM McNeil Michael M MM Jackson Lisa A LA
Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety 20180603 8
In light of waning immunity to pertussis following receipt of tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine, maintaining protection may require repeated Tdap vaccination. We evaluated the safety of repeated doses of tetanus-containing vaccine in 68 915 nonpregnant adolescents and adults in the Vaccine Safety Datalink population who had received an initial dose of Tdap. Compared with 7521 subjects who received a subsequent dose of tetanus toxoid, reduced diphthe ...[more]