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… Pertussis (whooping cough) Last updated October 1, 2014 HealthLink BC File … Document Vietnamese What is pertussis? Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a serious infection of the airways caused …
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… protects against 4 diseases: Tetanus Diphtheria Pertussis (whooping cough) Polio The vaccine is approved by Health Canada and is … who get diphtheria may die. Pertussis , also known as whooping cough, is a serious infection of the airways caused …
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… protects against 5 diseases: Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis (whooping cough) Polio Haemophilus influenzae type b The vaccine is … who get diphtheria may die. Pertussis , also known as whooping cough, is a serious infection of the airways caused …
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… vaccine protects against: Tetanus Diphtheria Pertussis (whooping cough) The vaccine is approved by Health Canada and is free … who get diphtheria may die. Pertussis , also known as whooping cough, is a serious infection of the airways caused …
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… and loss of limbs. Meningococcal infection spreads by coughing, sneezing or close face-to-face contact. It may … against 3 diseases: Tetanus Diphtheria Pertussis (or whooping cough) The Tdap vaccine offered in grade 9 is a … who get diphtheria may die. Pertussis , also known as whooping cough, is a serious infection of the airways caused …
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… protects against 6 diseases: Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis (whooping cough) Hepatitis B (HB) Polio (IPV) Haemophilus influenzae … 5 people who get tetanus may die. Pertussis , also known as whooping cough, is a serious infection of the airways caused …
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… the doses are given 1 or more months apart. For example, whooping cough can be a deadly disease for babies. Babies need their … at 2 months of age to begin building protection against whooping cough. They will have full protection in infancy …
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… is combined with other vaccines such as pertussis (whooping cough) and polio. These are given as a series of doses. Most … bacteria are spread through the air by people sneezing or coughing or by direct skin-to-skin contact. The disease can …
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… of the germ. Examples are the measles virus, pertussis (whooping cough) bacteria, and tetanus toxoid. Vaccines do not cause …
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… The best example of such a change is the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine. The ‘whole cell’ vaccine used before 1997 …
