Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, has recently re-emerged as a major public health
threat despite high levels of vaccination against the aetiological agent Bordetella pertussis …

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 …

Practical Handbook of Microbiology, 4th edition provides basic, clear and concise
knowledge and practical information about working with microorganisms. Useful to anyone …

An analysis assessing for associations between pertactin production and both clinical
presentation and vaccine history found a significant association between vaccination and …

Acellular vaccines against Bordetella pertussis were introduced in Australia in 1997. By
2000, these vaccines had replaced whole-cell vaccines. During 2008–2012, a large …

Vaccines and antimicrobial drugs both impose strong selection for resistance. Yet only drug
resistance is a major challenge for 21st century medicine. Why is drug resistance ubiquitous …

METHODS: We modeled pertussis risk in relation to Tdap vaccination status among
adolescents beginning on their 10th birthday. We estimated the hazard ratio (HR) for each …

Following the initiation of the unprecedented global vaccination campaign against Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), attention has now turned to the …

Background. We estimated the vaccine effectiveness (VE) of tetanus-diphtheria-acellular
pertussis vaccine (Tdap) for preventing pertussis among adolescents during a statewide …

Recent reemergence of pertussis (whooping cough) in highly vaccinated populations and
rapid expansion of Bordetella pertussis strains lacking pertactin (PRN), a common acellular …