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Whole‐cell pertussis vaccine in early infancy for the prevention of allergy in children

Atopic diseases are the most common chronic conditions of childhood. The apparent rise in food anaphylaxis in young children over the past three decades is of particular concern, owing to the lack of proven prevention strategies other than the timely introduction of peanut and egg.

Citation:
Perez-Chacon G, Ramsay J, Brennan-Jones CG, Estcourt MJ, Richmond P, Holt P, Snelling T. Whole‐cell pertussis vaccine in early infancy for the prevention of allergy in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021(9).

Keywords:
Anaphylaxis; immune response; whole-cell pertussis; acellular; vaccine

Abstract:
Atopic diseases are the most common chronic conditions of childhood. The apparent rise in food anaphylaxis in young children over the past three decades is of particular concern, owing to the lack of proven prevention strategies other than the timely introduction of peanut and egg.