Krztusiec I „Efekt Czerwonej Królowej”
Krztusiec jest zakaźną chorobą, typową dla wieku dziecięcego. Znamiennym objawem jest napadowy, silny i bezproduktywny kaszel, pogarszający się w nocy, który może prowadzić do wymiotów, bezdechu oraz sinicy.
Ucieklak Karolina
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A Newly Discovered Bordetella Species Carries a Transcriptionally Active CRISPR-Cas with a Small Cas9 Endonuclease [PDF]
Background Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-associated genes (cas) are widely distributed among bacteria.
Dudley, Edward G. +7 more
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Background. Bordetella pertussis is a human pathogen which causes pertussis, or whooping cough. The diphtheria‐tetanus‐pertussis immunization has significantly reduced the morbidity and mortality of pertussis globally. However, higher prevalence and resurgence of pertussis cases among both vaccinated and unvaccinated people has raised questions on the ...
Solomon Taye +4 more
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Severe pertussis infection in infants less than 6 months of age: clinical manifestations and molecular characterization [PDF]
We conducted a study to determine the main traits of pertussis among unimmunized infants less than 6 months of age. From August 2012 to March 2015, 141 nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPAs) were collected from infants with respiratory symptoms attending 2
Buttinelli, Gabriele +12 more
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Background Pertussis, a vaccine preventable disease, is still responsible of significant morbidity and mortality around the world, mostly in newborns.
Khalid Katfy +8 more
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Improving specificity of Bordetella pertussis detection using a four target real-time PCR. [PDF]
The incidence of whooping cough, a contagious respiratory disease caused by Bordetella pertussis, is on the rise despite existing vaccination programmes.
Helena Martini +4 more
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Pertussis-Associated Pneumonia in Infants and Children From Low- and Middle-Income Countries Participating in the PERCH Study. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Few data exist describing pertussis epidemiology among infants and children in low- and middle-income countries to guide preventive strategies.
Amornintapichet, Tussanee +36 more
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Bordetella holmesii-Like Organisms Isolated from Massachusetts Patients with Pertussis-Like Symptoms
We isolated Bordetella holmesii, generally associated with septicemia in patients with underlying conditions, from nasopharyngeal specimens of otherwise healthy young persons with a cough. The proportion of B.
W. Katherine Yih +5 more
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Pertussis in infants, in their mothers and other contacts in Casablanca, Morocco
Background In recent decades, there has been a marked increase in the number of reported cases of pertussis around the world, and pertussis continues to be a frequently occurring disease despite an effective childhood vaccination.
Khalid Katfy +9 more
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Bordetella pertussis: An underreported pathogen in pediatric respiratory infections, a prospective cohort study [PDF]
Background: The incidence of pertussis has been increasing worldwide. In the Netherlands, the seroprevalence has risen higher than the reported cases, suggesting that laboratory tests for pertussis are considered infrequently and that even more pertussis
Brink, G. (Gertrude) van den +4 more
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