In the preparation for the 1990 Persian Gulf campaign, pertussis vaccine ( not acellular ) was used as an adjuvant for anthrax vaccine.
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Examples include alleged links between the MMR vaccine and autism and between the diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccine and sudden infant death syndrome.
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A new, streamlined form of the pertussis vaccine has reduced the number of antigens from around 3000 to fewer than five, the report said.
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(Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccines are included in the programme and the original target was to vaccinate 80 per cent of children by 1990.
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The group pushed for federal legislation in 1986 that created a no-fault compensation system for vaccine-related injuries, and for changes in the pertussis vaccine.
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Also on the horizon is Chiron Corp . which submitted an application to the FDA for its own acellular pertussis vaccine in late September.
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The controversy prompted National Institutes of Health scientists to develop a pertussis vaccine that protected against the disease without the danger of side effects.
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North American Vaccine's DTaP vaccine, to be marketed as Certiva, combines the company's new acellular pertussis vaccine with existing vaccines for diphtheria and tetanus.
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The so-called acellular pertussis vaccines use only a piece of the pertussis bacteria, thereby gaining the benefit of immunization without as many side effects.
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Because of this, the pertussis vaccine became controversial in the 1980s and many parents avoided the inoculations out of fear of the side effects.
