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licensed Pertussis human vaccine |
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- Vaccine Name: licensed Pertussis human vaccine
- Target Pathogen: Bordetella pertussis
- Target Disease: Whooping Cough
- Tradename: Generic
- Manufacturer: Unknown
- Vaccine Ontology ID: VO_0000765
- Type: Toxoid vaccine
- Status: Licensed
- Host Species for Licensed Use: Human
- Description: A generic representation of vaccines used to prevent whooping cough (pertussis) in humans, most commonly based on inactivated pertussis toxin (toxoid) and sometimes combined with other bacterial components. These vaccines stimulate immunity without causing disease by exposing the immune system to detoxified pertussis toxin.
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