Vaccines have significantly reduced the detrimental effects of numerous human infectious
diseases worldwide, helped to reduce drastically child mortality rates and even achieved …

The immunology of pregnancy is an evolving consequence of multiple reciprocal
interactions between the maternal and the fetal-placental systems. The immune response …

Objectives Tetanus is a serious infectious disease. In recent decades, the epidemiology and
disease characteristics of tetanus have been reported by many medical workers, but these …

Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) does not recommend routine
adult booster vaccination for tetanus and diphtheria after completion of the childhood …

Today some vaccine-preventable diseases remain an important cause of morbidity and
mortality worldwide despite the availability of new vaccines. Healthcare workers are …

Background: A pertussis outbreak was studied in a primary school in Xi'an, China, in March
2016. The school consisted of 536 pupils 6–12 years of age who were divided into 12 …

Bordetella pertussis is the bacterial agent of whooping cough, an infectious disease that is
reemerging despite high vaccine coverage. Newborn children are the most affected, not only …

This module is part of the WHO series The Immunological Basis for Immunization, which was
initially developed in 1993 as a set of eight modules, comprising one module on general …

The study aims to determine the seroprevalence of antibodies against tetanus among
healthy people aged 1–59 years old in Shaanxi province. IgG against tetanus in serum …

Despite high rates of vaccination, pertussis resurgence has been reported worldwide in
recent years, including in Italy, especially in older adults. Chronic obstructive pulmonary …