Vaccine containing Bordetella pertussis outer membrane protein, and method of making such vaccine

摘要

A component vaccine against disease caused by infection by Bordetella pertussis, characterized by: as a first component, purified pertactin having no detectable adenylate cyclase activity, as at least one additional component thereof, at least one other purified B. pertussis antigen which is pertussis toxin (PT), filamentous haemagglutinin (FHA) and/or agglutinogens; as at least two further components thereof, at least two other purified non-Bordetella antigens which are diphtheria toxoid (D) and tetanus toxoid (T); and a pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier therefor.