Lack of Association Between Pertussis Vaccination and Symptoms of Asthma and Allergy
Abstract
To the Editor.
—Previous reports1 suggesting that pertussis vaccination considerably increases the risk for bronchial asthma in schoolchildren prompted us to add a structured interview to all the families in a double-blind study of per
tussis vaccines to assess whether pertussis vaccination might influence symptoms in early childhood consistent with later development of allergic disease.
Pertussis immunization elicits an IgE response in animals.2 Children may also show pertussis IgE...