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 …

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 …

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We describe a microfluidic genetic analysis system that represents a previously undescribed
integrated microfluidic device capable of accepting whole blood as a crude biological …

Background Bordetella pertussis epidemics persist as transmission remains unabated
despite high acellular pertussis vaccination rates. BPZE1, a live attenuated intranasal …

Vaccination ideally protects susceptible populations at high risk for complications of the
infection. However, vaccines for these subgroups do not always provide sufficient …

Pertussis is resurgent in some countries, particularly those in which children receive
acellular pertussis (aP) vaccines in early infancy and boosters later in life. Immunologic …

The adhesin pertactin (Prn) is one of the major virulence factors of Bordetella pertussis, the
etiological agent of whooping cough. However, a significant prevalence of Prn-deficient …

Bordetella pertussis is a pathogen-causing whooping cough (pertussis) in humans.
Although vaccination against the disease is effective, the bacterium is still circulating among …