Pertussis is a severe respiratory infection caused by Bordetella pertussis, and in 2008,
pertussis was associated with an estimated 16 million cases and 195,000 deaths globally …

Although the introduction of universal pertussis immunisation in infants has greatly reduced
the number of reported cases in infants and young children, disease incidence has been …

Background Routine use of whole‐cell pertussis (wP) vaccines was suspended in some
countries in the 1970s and 1980s because of concerns about adverse effects. Following this …

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 …

Recent much-publicized increases in pertussis case reports in some countries with high
vaccine coverage have raised concerns about its current and future control. The ubiquity of …

OBJECTIVE. The objective of this study was to determine if children who contracted
pertussis infection were more likely to have parents who refused pertussis vaccinations than …

Despite pertussis vaccine being available since the 1940s and immunisation programs
using combined diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine since the mid-1950s, pertussis has …

Although the resurgence of pertussis in nations with long-standing vaccination programs
has raised serious concerns about the effectiveness of current immunization policy, the …

Adult booster immunization, either universal or targeted (mothers during pregnancy or
'cocoon'), would probably be effective but is challenging to implement. If shown to be safe …

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