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Rare Detection of Bordetella pertussis Pertactin-Deficient Strains in Argentina
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 Pertussis resurgence had been attributed to waning vaccine immunity and Bordetella pertussis adaptation to escape vaccine-induced immunity. Circulating bacteria differ genotypically from strains used in production of pertussis vaccine.
Francisco Carriquiriborde +6 more
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Protecting newborns from pertussis – the challenge of complete cocooning [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: An increase of pertussis cases, especially in young infants and adolescents, has been noted in various countries. Whooping cough is most serious in neonates and young infants in whom it may cause serious complications such as cyanosis, apnoea,
Pascal Urwyler, Ulrich Heininger
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The Update, March 22, 2010 [PDF]
, 2010 The Update is a bi-weekly web newsletter published by the Iowa Department of Public Health's Bureau of Family Health. It is posted the second and fourth week of every month, and provides useful job resource information for departmental health care ...
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Frontiers in ImmunologyBackgroundBoth the quantity and quality of circulating anti-pertussis toxin antibodies are important for protection against severe pertussis. We compared the avidity of PT-IgG antibodies in pregnant women and their infants following vaccination during ...
Bahaa Abu-Raya +8 more
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Recent advances and challenges in antigen engineering & vaccine development [PDF]
, 2014 textVaccines play a vital role in public health by preventing infectious disease across the globe. Vaccine formulations represent a weakened form of a microbe or toxin that is injected into the human body to elicit an immune response, generating ...
Kornahrens, William Joseph
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isolates in Finland: Serotype and fimbrial expression [PDF]
, 2008 Background Bordetella pertussis causes whooping cough or pertussis in humans. It produces several virulence factors, of which the fimbriae are considered adhesins and elicit immune responses in the host. B.
Eriikka Heikkinen +6 more
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Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019 Introduction: Vaccination with tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) has been recommended for healthcare workers (HCWs) by Brazilian Ministry of Health since November 2014. Objective: To describe the strategies implemented to improve Tdap uptake,
Bruno Azevedo Randi +7 more
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Understanding the High Incidence of Pertussis in Norway: The Role of Test Activity
Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
Margrethe Greve‐Isdahl +1 more
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Structural and functional specialization of Bordetella pertussis DsbA for pertussis toxin folding
Protein Science, Volume 35, Issue 1, January 2026.Abstract Disulphide bonds (Dsbs) are essential for the folding, stability, and function of many secreted and membrane‐associated proteins in bacteria. In Gram‐negative species, these bonds are introduced by the Dsb enzyme family, with DsbA acting as the primary thiol oxidase.
Stephanie Penning +9 more
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Zika, Pregnancy, and the Law [PDF]
, 2017 The public health emergency surrounding the spread of the Zika virus has resurrected and brought into sharp relief some of the most vexing questions surrounding the relationship between pregnancy and law: the appropriate circumstances, if any, in which ...
Halabi, Sam F.
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