Despite the widespread availability of 2 classes of effective vaccines, whole cell and
acellular, Bordetella pertussis infection remains a global epidemic. Pertussis is primarily a …

Approaches to pertussis diagnosis, surveillance and immunization vary widely across
Europe. Nonetheless most countries report high levels of vaccine coverage in infants and …

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 …

The introduction of childhood vaccination has dramatically reduced morbidity and mortality
of pertussis in Slovenia. However, despite high vaccination coverage for many decades …

Background Resurgence of pertussis in the post-vaccination era has been reported in
Western countries. A shift of cases from school-age children to adolescents, adults and …

Pertussis vaccination of young children has been effective in reducing the overall disease
burden due to Bordetella pertussis in many countries. However, the disease has not been …

Pertussis, or whooping cough, is an infectious disease that is caused by Bordetella
pertussis, affects all age groups and is vaccine preventable. Recently, an increase in …

Despite widespread immunization programs in most countries, pertussis disease continues
to be a threat to public health. In particular, there has been a resurgence of pertussis …

Background: A resurgence of pertussis has been observed in several countries; however,
inconsistent data are available for Europe. In Austria, routine pertussis vaccination for …

Pertussis remains endemic across the world, with an estimated 279,000 deaths in 2002, the
majority in infants under 1 year of age. Worldwide epidemiologic data indicates increasing …