Vaccination against pertussis is part of the regularly recommended childhood vaccines. A pertussis vaccine booster is also recommended for adolescents and adults. Ask your health care provider for more information. Persons who have been vaccinated for pertussis may still get pertussis disease, but will generally have a milder illness.
Antibiotics are sometimes recommended to prevent pertussis in close contacts of someone with pertussis, such as household members. Yes, but only if someone has symptoms. Most commonly, the nasal passage is swabbed and the swab is examined for the presence of pertussis bacteria. Sometimes a test using blood will be done to look for an immune response.
Persons with pertussis should stay home from child care, school, work, and other activities until they have finished 5 days of antibiotics, unless they have already been coughing for 3 or more weeks. Pertussis: What Parents Need to Know Facts on pertussis for parents of children in child care, school and other activities.
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ANSWER: While it's true that babies are most at risk of pertussis infection and serious complications, older adults also can be vulnerable to the illness, even after being vaccinated. And even if you've had pertussis in the past, you still can get pertussis infection again in the future. Pertussis is caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis , which spreads easily between people through the air. You can get pertussis if an infected person coughs or sneezes, sending bacteria-containing droplets into the air.
Another reason pertussis spreads easily is because it's most contagious during the early stages of the illness before severe coughing begins and before those infected with pertussis know they have it. Pertussis is contagious for up to three weeks after symptoms begin. One person infected with pertussis can transmit the illness to many other people. Older adults are also at risk of complications of pertussis because of changes that happen to their immune system as they get older.
Add to that the fact that cases of pertussis in the U. The increase in the number of people with active pertussis infection raises the risk that you subsequently can be exposed to the pertussis bacteria. The pertussis vaccination is given in combination with tetanus and diphtheria vaccines. It's called tetanus diphtheria and acellular pertussis booster and is abbreviated as Tdap.
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