Pertussis vaccination of infants has dramatically reduced disease, complications and deaths
in infancy and early childhood. But there is still a major public health challenge—to deal with …

Although pertussis is increasingly recognized as a cause of prolonged cough illness in
adolescents and adults, its prevalence is not well established. We evaluated pertussis …

We compared Bordetella pertussis isolates collected in France over the last 10 years, the
vaccine strains used for more than 30 years, and isolates collected before the introduction of …

Our knowledge of pathogenesis, clinical presentation and prevention of pertussis has
improved substantially over recent years. We now better understand the function of long …

This epidemiological survey was undertaken to estimate the annual burden of
hospitalizations for pertussis in Spain during a four-year period 1995–1998. Data were …

In 1999, 7,288 cases of pertussis were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC). 1 High rates of pertussis, compared with other pediatric …

Immunization against pertussis (whooping cough) has been part of the routine childhood
immunization program for over 50 years. Until 1997, a whole cell pertussis vaccine was …

Pertussis or whooping cough is an acute infectious disease of the respiratory tract caused
principally by Bordetella pertussis and less commonly by Bordetella parapertussis (1). Until …

Le Dr Guy Roberge, M. Sc. en santé communautaire, omnipraticien, est responsable de la
santé au travail au CLSCCHSLD Haute-Ville-des-Rivières, à Québec. 5 à 14 ans. Comme …