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Managing pertussis in adults [PDF]

, 2009
Pertussis or whooping cough is typically characterised by paroxysms of coughing with a whooping sound during inhalation. It is thought to be under-diagnosed generally. Whooping cough is caused by Bordetella pertussis and is highly contagious.
Chang, Anne, Marchant, Julie
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Bordetella pertussis Strain Lacking Pertactin and Pertussis Toxin

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016
A Bordetella pertussis strain lacking 2 acellular vaccine immunogens, pertussis toxin and pertactin, was isolated from an unvaccinated infant in New York State in 2013.
Margaret M. Williams, Kathryn Sen, M. R. Weigand, Tami H. Skoff, Victoria A Cunningham, T. Halse, M. Tondella, Cdc Pertussis, Working Group   +8 more
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The multifaceted RisA regulon of Bordetella pertussis

Scientific Reports, 2016
The whooping cough agent Bordetella pertussis regulates the production of its virulence factors by the BvgA/S system. Phosphorylated BvgA activates the virulence-activated genes (vags) and represses the expression of the virulence-repressed genes (vrgs ...
L. Coutte, L. Huot, R. Antoine, S. Slupek, T. Merkel, Qing Chen, S. Stibitz, D. Hot, C. Locht   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Reemergence of Bordetella parapertussis, United States, 2019–2023

Emerging Infectious Diseases
To determine changes in Bordetella pertussis and B. parapertussis detection rates, we analyzed 1.43 million respiratory multiplex PCR test results from US facilities from 2019 through mid-2023. From mid-2022 through mid-2023, Bordetella spp.
Brooklyn A. Noble, Sarah S. Jiudice, Jay D. Jones, Tristan T. Timbrook   +3 more
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Pertussis-Associated Pneumonia in Infants and Children From Low- and Middle-Income Countries Participating in the PERCH Study. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND:  Few data exist describing pertussis epidemiology among infants and children in low- and middle-income countries to guide preventive strategies.
Amornintapichet, Tussanee, Anderson, Trevor P, Awori, Juliet O, Baggett, Henry C, Baillie, Vicky L, Barger-Kamate, Breanna, Brooks, W Abdullah, Chipeta, James, Deloria Knoll, Maria, DeLuca, Andrea N, Driscoll, Amanda J, Feikin, Daniel R, Goswami, Doli, Hammitt, Laura L, Higdon, Melissa M, Hossain, Lokman, Howie, Stephen RC, Kagucia, E Wangeci, Karron, Ruth A, Kotloff, Karen L, Levine, Orin S, Madhi, Shabir A, Maloney, Susan, Moore, David P, Morpeth, Susan C, Murdoch, David R, Mwananyanda, Lawrence, O'Brien, Katherine L, Ofordile, Ogochukwu, Olutunde, Emmanuel, Park, Daniel E, Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) Study Group, Prosperi, Christine, Scott, J Anthony G, Sow, Samba O, Tapia, Milagritos D, Thea, Donald M   +36 more
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Genomic Surveillance and Improved Molecular Typing of Bordetella pertussis Using wgMLST

, 2021
Michael R. Weigand, Yanhui Peng, Hannes Pouseele, Dane A. Kania, Katherine E. Bowden, Margaret M. Williams, M. Lucia Tondella   +6 more
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Resurgence of pertussis: Epidemiological trends, contributing factors, challenges, and recommendations for vaccination and surveillance

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Pertussis, a respiratory disease caused by Bordetella pertussis, remains a global health challenge despite decades of vaccination. The inclusion of diphtheria, tetanus, and whole-cell pertussis (DTwP) vaccines in the World Health Organization (WHO ...
Sijia Wang, Shimo Zhang, Jue Liu
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Pertussis — An update for general practice

South African Family Practice, 2006
Although there has been a global decline in the incidence of pertussis in the past four decades, the incidence has increased in developed countries, particularly in preteens, adolescents and adults.
A. Madide, M. Cotton
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Patterns of Susceptibility in an Outbreak of Bordetella pertussis: Evidence from a Community-Based Study

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2002
OBJECTIVE: To describe an outbreak of Bordetella pertussis and to assess which factors were associated with the development of clinical pertussis in children and adults during the outbreak.
David M Moore, Richard G Mathias
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Serologic Response and Antibody-Titer Decay in Adults with Pertussis [PDF]

, 2017
Pertussis is a frequent and significant illness in adults. Because acellular pertussis vaccines for use in adolescents and adults have now been developed, it is important to compare serologic responses in adults after infection with serologic responses ...
Cherry, James D., Heininger, Ulrich, Stehr, Klemens   +2 more
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