As a result of waning immunity and improved awareness, the reported incidence of pertussis
is increasing among adolescents in the United States. Symptoms of pertussis are often mild …

The ordering of the neutrino mass eigenstates is one of the fundamental open questions in
neutrino physics. While current-generation neutrino oscillation experiments are able to …

The Bordetella master virulence regulatory system, BvgAS, controls a spectrum of gene
expression states, including the virulent Bvg+ phase, the avirulent Bvg− phase, and at least …

An antivaccine movement developed in Japan as a consequence of increasing numbers of
adverse reactions to whole-cell pertussis vaccines in the mid-1970s. After two infants died …

Bordetellae are gram-negative bacteria that colonize the respiratory tracts of animals and
humans. We and others have recently shown that these bacteria are capable of living as …

Bordetellae are respiratory pathogens that infect both humans and animals. Bordetella
bronchiseptica establishes asymptomatic and long-term to life-long infections of animal …

Background Pertussis continues to challenge medical professionals; recently described
increases in incidence may be due to age-cohort effects, vaccine effectiveness, or changes …

To overcome the limitations of the current pertussis vaccines, those of limited duration of
action and failure to induce direct killing of Bordetella pertussis, a synthetic scheme was …

The majority of Bordetella sp. virulence determinants are regulated by the BvgAS signal
transduction system. BvgAS mediates the control of multiple phenotypic phases and a …

Today, and in the foreseeable future, an appropriate understanding of the biomedical effects
of potentially significant natural and anthropogenic air contaminants will require conducting …