[HTML][HTML] Pertussis: a review of disease epidemiology worldwide and in Italy

G Gabutti, MC Rota - International journal of environmental research and …, 2012 - mdpi.com
Pertussis continues to be a relevant public-health issue. The high coverage rates achieved
have decreased the spread of the pathogen, but the waning of immunity implies a relevant …

Re-emergence of diphtheria and pertussis: implications for Nigeria

AE Sadoh, RE Oladokun - Vaccine, 2012 - Elsevier
In the prevaccine era pertussis and diphtheria were responsible for significant morbidity and
mortality in children. In the United States of America more than 125,000 cases of diphtheria …

[BOOK][B] The panic virus: a true story of medicine, science, and fear

S Mnookin - 2011 - books.google.com
WHO DECIDES WHICH FACTS ARE TRUE? In 1998 Andrew Wakefield, a British
gastroenterologist with a history of self-promotion, published a paper with a shocking …

Asymptomatic Bordetella pertussis infections in a longitudinal cohort of young African infants and their mothers

CJ Gill, CE Gunning, WB MacLeod, L Mwananyanda… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Recent pertussis resurgence in numerous countries may be driven by asymptomatic
infections. Most pertussis surveillance studies are cross-sectional and cannot distinguish …

Attitude toward immunization and risk perception of measles, rubella, mumps, varicella, and pertussis in health care workers working in 6 hospitals of Florence, Italy …

C Taddei, V Ceccherini, G Niccolai… - Human vaccines & …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Health care workers (HCWs) are at risk of infection and transmission of vaccine-
preventable infectious diseases. In recent years cases of measles or varicella in health care …

The Global Pertussis Initiative: report from a round table meeting to discuss the epidemiology and detection of pertussis, Paris, France, 11–12 January 2010

N Guiso, CHW von König, K Forsyth, T Tan, SA Plotkin - Vaccine, 2011 - Elsevier
Pertussis remains endemic worldwide and is an important public health problem, even in
countries with sustained high vaccination coverage. Resurgence of pertussis in the post …

[BOOK][B] The panic virus: The true story behind the vaccine-autism controversy

S Mnookin - 2012 - books.google.com
WHO DECIDES WHICH FACTS ARE TRUE? In 1998 Andrew Wakefield, a British
gastroenterologist with a history of self-promotion, published a paper with a shocking …

Bordetella Bsp22 forms a filamentous type III secretion system tip complex and is immunoprotective in vitro and in vivo

B Medhekar, R Shrivastava, S Mattoo… - Molecular …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Type III secretion system (T3SS) tip complexes serve as adaptors that bridge the T3SS
needle and the pore‐forming translocation apparatus. In this report we demonstrate that …

Immune responses in adults to revaccination with a tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccine 10 years after a previous dose

SA Halperin, D Scheifele, G De Serres, F Noya… - Vaccine, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Although decennial adult boosters of tetanus and diphtheria toxoids are
recommended in Canada and the United States, a second dose of pertussis vaccine during …

Serum microRNA expression profile as a biomarker for the diagnosis of pertussis

Y Ge, K Zhao, Y Qi, X Min, Z Shi, X Qi, Y Shan… - Molecular biology …, 2013 - Springer
Pertussis is a highly contagious, respiratory disease associated with substantial morbidity
and mortality. A rapid and reliable diagnostic method is essential for appropriate treatment …