Vaccine for whooping cough at regular intervals recommended by US

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The American Academy of Pediatrics and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have revised their recommendations on the whooping cough vaccine to call for the administration of 1 vaccine at particular ages and with minimal intervals between vaccinations, according to a new policy statement published online September 26 in *Pediatrics*.

“There are a lot of places where we have opportunities to have a positive impact, and if we don’t take advantage of all of them, we’re not likely to be successful,” said Michael Brady, MD, from Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ infectious diseases committee. “We’re finding that 7- to 10-year-olds are underimmunized, and that older adolescents, if immunized at age 11, by the time they get to age 17 or 20, they’re probably not protected. Also, we’re giving the vaccine to mothers during pregnancy, rather than after delivery, because that will protect the mothers, and the mothers will develop the antibodies that they will give to their babies.”

Ref and Read more: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/750360?sssdmh=dm1.721112&src=nldne

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