Pertussis has reemerged as a problem across the world. To better understand the nature of
the resurgence, we reviewed recent epidemiologic data and we report disease trends from …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Pertussis incidence is increasing, possibly due to the
introduction of acellular vaccines, which may have decreased the durability of immune …

Pertussis is a vaccine-preventable disease that causes morbidity and mortality, particularly
in infants and children< 5 years of age. The Global Pertussis Initiative (GPI) …

Objective Countries routinely offering acellular pertussis vaccine, where long-term protection
is not sustained, have the challenge of selecting an optimal schedule to minimise disease …

Active symptom surveillance was applied to three selected communities (160 147 persons)
in Tianjin from 2010 to 2012. We examined 1089 individuals showing pertussis-like …

Since the 2000s, sporadic outbreaks of whooping cough have been reported in advanced
countries, where the acellular pertussis vaccination rate is relatively high, and in developing …

Introduction To better understand the conditions associated with pertussis diagnosis among
older adults in South Korea, a matched case–control study was conducted of individuals≥ …

Background: Frequency of pertussis is highly variable from country to country and it depends
on multiple factors including case definitions and type of surveillance systems used. Many …

Abstract The Global Pertussis Initiative (GPI) Roundtable Meeting held in 2019, which
preceded the COVID-19 pandemic, focused on the incidence, surveillance, and …

Infectious diseases have historically resulted in suspended or cancelled military operations.
Vaccination for disease prevention is a critical component of the military's force readiness …