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=== Excluding pertussis === '''DT''' and '''Td''' vaccines lack the pertussis component.<ref name="CDCTdVIS">{{cite web | title=Td (Tetanus, Diphtheria) Vaccine Information Statement | website=U.S. [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) | url=https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/vis-statements/td.html | date=1 March 2020 | access-date=27 July 2020 | archive-date=28 December 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228214745/https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/vis-statements/td.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="HealthLinkBCTDVaccine">{{cite web |title=Tetanus and Diphtheria (Td) Vaccine |url=https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/healthlinkbc-files/tetanus-diphtheria-vaccine |website=HealthLink BC |date=13 June 2016 |access-date=18 April 2020 |archive-date=19 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919075729/https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/healthlinkbc-files/tetanus-diphtheria-vaccine |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Diphtheria Vaccination |url=https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/diphtheria/index.html |website=U.S. [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) |access-date=18 April 2020 |archive-date=14 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414132843/https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/diphtheria/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Td vaccine is administered to children over the age of seven as well as to adults. It is most commonly administered as a booster shot every 10 years.<ref name="CDCTdVIS" /> The Td booster shot may also be administered as protection from a severe burn or dirty wound.<ref name="CDCTdVIS" /> The DT vaccine is given to children under the age of seven who are unable to receive the pertussis antigen in the DTaP vaccine due to a contraindication.<ref>{{cite web |title=UpToDate |url=https://www.uptodate.com/contents/diphtheria-tetanus-and-pertussis-immunization-in-children-7-through-18-years-of-age?search=dtap&source=search_result&selectedTitle=3~60&usage_type=default&display_rank=3 |access-date=15 September 2022 |website=uptodate.com |archive-date=15 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915141916/https://www.uptodate.com/contents/diphtheria-tetanus-and-pertussis-immunization-in-children-7-through-18-years-of-age?search=dtap&source=search_result&selectedTitle=3~60&usage_type=default&display_rank=3 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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