{"id":10219,"date":"2025-03-01T14:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/dhan253\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T00:50:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:50:29","slug":"dhan253","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/php\/alerts\/dhan253\/","title":{"rendered":"php\/alerts\/dhan253 ~  Division of Public Health &#8212; Health Alert  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\"> \n\n    <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/php\/alerts\/dhan253.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n      <\/a>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n    \n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n      <h1>Delaware Health Alert Network #<!--[type=EDIT name=\"DHAN Number\"]-->253 <!--[END]--> <\/h1>\n\n      <h2> <!--[type=EDIT name=\"DHAN Date\"]-->July 20, 2011 10:34am <!--[END]--> <\/h2>\n\n    <\/header>\n\n  <\/div><br>\n\n \n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\n\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\n\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Public Health Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\n\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\n\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\n    <li><a href=\"\/dph\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n      <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/about.html\">About DPH<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; 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Boostrix,\n\n\n  which is given as a single-dose booster shot, is the first vaccine approved to prevent all three diseases in older people.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Tetanus can cause paralysis and is caused by bacteria that live in soil, dust, and manure. The bacteria usually enter the body through a\n\n\n  deep cut. Diphtheria is a serious bacterial infection that usually causes a bad sore throat, swollen glands, fever, and chills. If not\n\n\n  properly diagnosed and treated, serious complications such as heart failure or paralysis can result. Pertussis is a disease that causes\n\n\n  uncontrollable coughing; the infected person makes a noise when they breathe after coughing that sounds like \u201cwhoop.\u201d The\n\n\n  incidence of pertussis disease in the United States has been increasing since 2007, with large local outbreaks occurring in 2010 in\n\n\n  California, Michigan, and Ohio.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  \u201cPertussis is a highly contagious disease, and outbreaks have occurred among the elderly in nursing homes and hospitals,\u201d\n\n\n  said Karen Midthun, M.D., director of FDA&#8217;s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. \u201cWith this approval, adults 65 and\n\n\n  older now have the opportunity to receive a vaccine that prevents pertussis, as well as tetanus and diphtheria.\u201d\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  The safety and effectiveness of Boostrix was based on a study of about 1,300 people ages 65 and older. To demonstrate its ability to\n\n\n  protect against pertussis, the antibody levels among participants were measured and found comparable to the levels in infants who\n\n\n  received a closely related vaccine that was shown to prevent pertussis.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  The antibody responses to the tetanus and diphtheria components were compared with a licensed tetanus and diphtheria vaccine, and were\n\n\n  found comparable. The most common adverse reactions reported by the older adults after receiving Boostrix were headache, and fatigue and\n\n\n  pain at the injection site.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Boostrix was originally approved on May 3, 2005, for use in adolescents ages 10 years through 18 years. It subsequently was approved in\n\n\n  December 2008, to include adults 19 years through 64 years of age. Boostrix is manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, based in\n\n\n  Rixensart, Belgium.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fda.gov\/BiologicsBloodVaccines\/Vaccines\/ApprovedProducts\/ucm172925.htm\">http:\/\/www.fda.gov\/BiologicsBloodVaccines\/Vaccines\/ApprovedProducts\/ucm172925.htm<\/a>\u00a0\n\n\n  or contact the Delaware Immunization Program at 1-800-282-8672 or (302) 744-1060, or visit DPH\u2019s website at:\u00a0<a href=\"\/dph\/dpc\/immunize.html\">http:\/\/www.dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/dpc\/immunize.html<\/a>\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  ************************************\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  You are receiving this email because you are a registered member of the Delaware Health Alert Network. 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