§ Mr. Ian StewartTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when the large scale vaccine trials of the pertussis whole cell vaccine were carried out in Sweden and Germany; and if he will place a copy of the report of the trials in the Library. [99447]
§ Yvette CooperLarge-scale clinical trials of acellular pertussis vaccines that include whole cell pertussis vaccines as a comparison group were conducted in Sweden between 1992 and 1996 and in Germany between 1991 and 1995. Findings from these clinical trials were published and the following references have been placed in the Library
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