Triple Antigen vaccine is a combination of Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis. The vaccine stimulates the production of antibodies to immunize the body against the causative agents of the three viruses listed below.
'DPT' (also DTP and DTwP) refers to a class of combination vaccines against three infectious diseases in humans: diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus. The vaccine components include diphtheria and tetanus toxoids, and killed whole cells of the organism that causes pertussis (wP).
DTaP (also known as Tdap,DTPa, and TDaP) refers to similar combination vaccines in which the pertussis component is acellular.
Also available is the DT or TD vaccine, which lacks the pertussis component.
In the Netherlands, the acronym DTP refers to a combination vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, and poliomyelitis. There, pertussis is known as kinkhoest and DKTP refers to a combination vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis/kinkhoest, tetanus, and polio.
The usual course of childhood immunization is five doses between 2 months and 15 years. For adults, separate combination vaccines are used that adjust the relative concentrations of their components.
Question from Examinations:
Triple antigen is not given for
(1) Tetanus
(2) Diphtheria
(3) Whooping cough
(4) Typhoid (this is Answer)
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