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  • Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is infecting more older children and adults, which is causing problems for health care and people's quality of life.
  • There is a plan to improve vaccination to protect everyone, but we don't have enough information about how effective adult vaccines are or how often adults actually get pertussis.
  • To make better decisions about adult vaccinations, we need more data about how common pertussis is in adults, why some people skip vaccines, and how well the vaccines work over time.

Article Abstract

Pertussis has several notable consequences, causing economic burden, increased strain on healthcare facilities, and reductions in quality of life. Recent years have seen a trend toward an increase in pertussis cases affecting older children and adults. To boost immunity, and protect vulnerable populations, an enduring approach to vaccination has been proposed, but gaps remain in the evidence surrounding adult vaccination that are needed to inform such a policy. Gaps include: the true incidence of pertussis and its complications in adults; regional variations in disease recognition and reporting; and incidence of severe disease, hospitalizations, and deaths in older adults. Better data on the efficacy/effectiveness of pertussis vaccination in adults, duration of protection, and factors leading to poor vaccine uptake are needed. Addressing the critical evidence gaps will help highlight important areas of unmet need and justify the importance of adult pertussis vaccination to healthcare professionals, policymakers, and payers.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10989709PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2024.2324547DOI Listing

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