Immunization is a cornerstone of public health policy and is demonstrably highly cost-
effective when used to protect child health. Although it could be argued that immunology has …

Background Pertussis can lead to serious disease and even death in infants. Older adults
are more vulnerable to complications as well. In high-income countries, acellular pertussis …

Multivalent diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis and inactivated poliovirus vaccine
(DTaP/IPV) has been offered to pregnant women in the United Kingdom since 2012. To …

Bordetella pertussis, which causes a respiratory disease known as pertussis (" whooping
cough") remains an important global challenge, with the incidence in pertussis cases …

Background There have been no population-based studies of SARS-CoV-2 testing, PCR-
confirmed infections and COVID-19-related hospital admissions across the full paediatric …

Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the health and economic impact of diphtheria,
tetanus, whole-cell pertussis vaccine (DTwP) and diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis …

Introduction An unexpected resurgence of pertussis cases and infant deaths was observed
in some countries that had switched to acellular pertussis vaccines in the primary …

Background Routine surveillance systems for pertussis often suffer from under-recognition
and under-reporting. Aim Our aim was to describe the epidemiology and the clinical features …

Pertussis is an acute respiratory tract infection that was well described in the 1500s and
endemic in Europe by the 1600s; its current worldwide prevalence is dampened only by …

Background There have been no population-based studies of SARS-CoV-2 testing, PCR-
confirmed infections and COVID-19-related hospital admissions across the full paediatric …