A systematic review of the burden of pertussis disease in infants and the effectiveness of maternal immunization against pertussis

W Kandeil, C van Den Ende, EM Bunge… - Expert review of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Infants too young to be fully immunized are the most vulnerable to severe
pertussis disease. To close this susceptibility gap, passive infant immunization through …

PERISCOPE: road towards effective control of pertussis

DA Diavatopoulos, KHG Mills, KE Kester… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2019 - thelancet.com
The resurgence and changing epidemiology of pertussis in high-income countries, the high
infant mortality caused by pertussis in low-income countries, and the increasing morbidity in …

[HTML][HTML] Sustained protective immunity against Bordetella pertussis nasal colonization by intranasal immunization with a vaccine-adjuvant combination that induces IL …

AC Allen, MM Wilk, A Misiak, L Borkner, D Murphy… - Mucosal …, 2018 - Elsevier
Current acellular pertussis (aP) vaccines induce strong antibody and Th2 responses but fail
to protect against nasal colonization and transmission of Bordetella pertussis. Furthermore …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of maternal pertussis vaccination in preventing infection and disease in infants: The NSW Public Health Network case-control study

N Saul, K Wang, S Bag, H Baldwin, K Alexander… - Vaccine, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Infants are at the highest risk of severe complications–including death–as a
result of pertussis infection. Controlling pertussis in this group has been challenging …

Pertactin negative Bordetella pertussis demonstrates higher fitness under vaccine selection pressure in a mixed infection model

A Safarchi, S Octavia, LDW Luu, CY Tay, V Sintchenko… - Vaccine, 2015 - Elsevier
Whooping cough or pertussis is a highly infectious respiratory disease in humans caused by
Bordetella pertussis. The use of acellular vaccines (ACV) has been associated with the …

Vaccines in pregnancy: the dual benefit for pregnant women and infants

H Marshall, M McMillan, RM Andrews… - Human Vaccines & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Maternal immunization has the potential to reduce the burden of infectious diseases in the
pregnant woman and her infant. Many countries now recommend immunization against …

Exploring reasons for vaccine‐hesitancy among higher‐SES parents in Perth, Western Australia

SE Swaney, S Burns - Health promotion journal of Australia, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Issues Addressed The increasing prevalence among higher‐socioeconomic
(higher‐SES) parents in Perth, Western Australia (WA), to be vaccine‐hesitant (VH) is …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of whole-cell and acellular pertussis vaccines in the context of long-term herd immunity

E Szwejser-Zawislak, MM Wilk, P Piszczek, J Krawczyk… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
After the pertussis vaccine had been introduced in the 1940s and was shown to be very
successful in reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with the disease, the possibility …

[HTML][HTML] Engineered human cathelicidin antimicrobial peptides inhibit Ebola virus infection

Y Yu, CL Cooper, G Wang, MJ Morwitzer, K Kota… - Iscience, 2020 - cell.com
Summary The 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola virus (EBOV) outbreak coupled with the most
recent outbreaks in Central Africa underscore the need to develop effective treatment …

Association of diphtheria-tetanus–acellular pertussis vaccine timeliness and number of doses with age-specific pertussis risk in infants and young children

MS Rane, P Rohani, ME Halloran - JAMA network Open, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance In most countries, the diphtheria-tetanus–acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine is
administered as a 3-dose infant series followed by additional booster doses in the first 5 …