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Adults and adolescents can get whooping cough.
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WHO SHOULD BE VACCINATED WITH ADACEL®?

Adacel® is for adults, adolescents and children between the ages of 4 and 64.

Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) recommends pertussis immunization for adolescents and adults who have not previously had a dose of acellular vaccine because:
  1. It helps protect them against pertussis;
  2. It may also help to indirectly protect susceptible infants.
The Canadian Paediatric Society endorses the NACI recommendation and recommends that all provinces implement programs to give an adolescent booster of acellular pertussis vaccine.

As with any vaccine, Adacel® may not protect 100% of vaccinated individuals. Adacel® is not indicated to prevent the transmission of pertussis to infants.