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When was the whooping cough immunization/vaccination introduced to people?
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EARLY 1930s: First used and was suscessful in controlling the Pertusses epidemic in early 1930sI in 1948 it was combined with diphtheria and tetanus as dpt vaccine which has been given to children even now and the formulation for adults is tdap
Answered 3/25/2015
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