Are There Other High Risk Factors for Pertussis Vaccine?
In general, the same high risk factors and contraindications for whole cell pertussis vaccine (DPT) are also high risk factors and contraindications for DTaP, Tdap or other combination shots containing acellular pertussis vaccine. There may be other circumstances, which could place a child or adult at higher risk for reacting to pertussis vaccine that are not officially recognized by the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the vaccine manufacturers or the American Academy of Pediatrics. You may want to do your own research on the internet, where many medical studies are available online, or visit a medical library at a community hospital or university to gain access to the medical literature. Since 1982, the co-founders of NVIC have been concerned about the lack of scientific studies investigating the biological mechanisms and high risk factors for pertussis vaccine, which has long been associated with reports of injury and death in more than 60 years of medical
