Society guideline links: Pertussis

Introduction —

This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Immunizations in children and adolescents" and "Society guideline links: Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccination".)

International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Position paper on pertussis vaccines (2015)

Canada

●Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Canadian Immunization Guide – Pertussis vaccine (2018)

United States

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccine recommendations

●Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices (ACIP): Adult immunization schedule – Recommendations for ages 19 years or older, United States (2025)

●ACIP: Child and adolescent immunization schedule – Recommendations for ages 18 years or younger, United States (2025)

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Red Book – Pertussis (whooping cough) (2024)

●CDC: Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases ("The Pink Book") – Pertussis (2021)

●ACIP: Updated recommendations for the use of tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccines – United States, 2019 (published 2020)