DNA fingerprinting has attracted considerable interest as means for identifying, tracing and
preventing the dissemination of infectious agents. Various methods have been developed …

Pertussis, a highly contagious respiratory infection, remains a public health priority despite
the availability of vaccines for 70 years. Still a leading cause of mortality in developing …

OBJECTIVE: In 2010, California experienced the highest number of pertussis cases in> 60
years, with> 9000 cases, 809 hospitalizations, and 10 deaths. This report provides a …

Background: Pertussis vaccination has reduced the number of notified cases in
industrialized countries from peak years by more than 95%. The effect of recently …

Background: In the United States in the 1990s, the incidence of reported pertussis in adults,
adolescents and infants increased; infants younger than 1 year of age had the highest …

The epidemiology of whooping cough (pertussis) remains enigmatic. A leading cause of
infant mortality globally, its resurgence in several developed nations—despite the …

Bordetella pertussis–the cause of pertussis or whooping cough–is an exclusively human
pathogen. Disease elimination by vaccination should, therefore, be possible, but has proved …

The introduction of vaccination in the 1950s significantly reduced the morbidity and mortality
of pertussis. However, since the 1990s, a resurgence of pertussis has been observed in …

Six weeks ago, a 45-year-old woman noticed a scratchy feeling in her throat that has now
progressed to more than 20 episodes of severe, spasmodic coughing per day. Her coughing …

Pertussis causes nearly 300 000 deaths in children every year. Most deaths take place in
developing countries, but the infection remains a priority everywhere. Pertussis vaccination …