In this study the development and evaluation of outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) obtained
from Bordetella pertussis as vaccines against pertussis disease is described. SDS-PAGE …

Background: Because of the well-documented increased risk of meningococcal disease
among adolescents, vaccination is recommended for this population in many countries …

Background Despite widespread immunization programs, a clear increase in pertussis
incidence is apparent in many developed countries during the last decades. Consequently …

The aim of this study was to investigate the optimal pertussis booster vaccination strategy for
The Netherlands. A realistic age-structured deterministic model was designed. Assuming a …

Reduced-antigen, combined diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertactin-containing pertussis
vaccine (dTpa; Boostrix™) contains reduced quantities of the same toxoids/antigens found …

Boostrix® is a three-pertussis component, combined, reduced-antigen content tetanus,
diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) booster vaccine administered as a single …

This letter reacts on a paper recently published in this journal, reviewing the effectiveness
and (cost-) effectiveness of pertussis booster vaccination strategies. We argue that a …

Objectives To investigate the optimal pertussis booster vaccination strategy for the The
Netherlands and to explore the impact of different assumptions for parameters surrounded …

Η διφθερίτιδα, ο τέτανος και ο κοκκύτης είναι λοιµώδη νοσήµατα, που χαρακτηρίζονται απó
σηµαντική νοσηρóτητα και θνητóτητα. Αξίζει να σηµειωθεί óτι η διφθερίτιδα αποτελούσε την …

Background: Despite widespread immunization programs, a clear increase in pertussis
incidence is apparent in many developed countries during the last decades. Consequently …