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The first epidermic was in paris.
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Guillaume de Ballou discovered pertussis and told everyone what is was and gave a description of it.
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in 1679 peritussis was found by Sydenham.
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Pertussis was identified by Jules bordet in 1906.
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DPT cell pertussis vaccine was created. It was the older vaccine.
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A vaccine was made at Evanston Hospital by Doctor Louise W. Saver. It was Non-Effective.
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In 1939 Michigan department of public Health showed efficacy against bordetella pertussis.
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In 1948 Kendrick and the Eldering created the first vaccine that was effective for Pertussis (Whooping Cough).
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Major rise in diseases in Sweden and West Germany, England and Japan due to vacination rate drop.
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There was more than 99,000causes of Pertussis in Britain.
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In 1980 a huge outbreak of perussis came into the Unied States .
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Vaccine is only effective 2 to 5 years, Cant be completly prevented.
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1 in 69000 deaths of infants under one year from pertussis.
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New vaccine is better than whole cell vaccine. Its a cellular vaccine which reduces the number of side effects.
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Children expirence neurologic illnes 7 days after DPT vaccine.
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Since the vaccine wasnt effective they came out with a new vaccine called the DTAP.
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Whooping cough is still the same reason for 120,000 peoples death each year even though they have a vaccine for it.
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10 babies died from whooping cough in California due to a outbreak.
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household members were the primary
source of transmission in 70% of infant pertussis cases and that 50% of those household
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In 2012 there were more than 48,277 cases of pertussis in the United States.
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DTaP schedule at 2, 4,
6, 15-18 months and 4-6 years of age; vaccinating women with the Tdap vaccine after the
twentieth week of pregnancy.
