Despite decades of high vaccination coverage, pertussis has remained endemic and
reemerged as a public health problem in many countries in the past 2 decades. Waning of …

Pertussis continues to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among
nonimmunized young infants. Although the inception of childhood pertussis immunization …

Pertussis is one of the most prevalent vaccine-preventable diseases worldwide. The true
infection rate is significantly higher than the reported incidence rate. An increased …

Background. We conducted a 5-year follow-up study on the persistence of pertussis-specific
antibody and cell-mediated immunity after booster immunization of adolescents aged 11–13 …

Objectives. Identifying the determinants of the clinical presentation of pertussis is important
for the purposes of diagnosis, therapy, and control and for predicting the disease's clinical …

OBJECTIVES: To determine pertussis risk by diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP)
vaccination status and time since last DTaP dose. METHODS: Children born at Kaiser …

Background: Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a bacterial disease characterized by
paroxysmal cough often accompanied by inspiratory whoop and posttussive emesis …

Background. Unexpected waning of immunity after pertussis vaccination is now well
described. In this study we examined whether prior vaccination with whole-cell pertussis …

Background. Despite widespread childhood vaccination against Bordetella pertussis,
disease remains prevalent. It has been suggested that acellular vaccine may be less …

Background. The incidence of reported pertussis among adolescents, adults, and young
infants has increased sharply over the past decade. Combined acellular pertussis vaccines …