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Genomics of Bordetella pertussis toxins

International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2000
Bordetella pertussis, the etiologic agent of whooping cough, produces numerous toxins including pertussis toxin (PTX), adenylate cyclase toxin (AC), dermonecrotic toxin (DNT) and tracheal cytotoxin (TCT). PTX is composed of five different subunits organised in a typical A-B type structure of which the A part possesses an enzymatic ADP ...
R, Antoine, D, Raze, C, Locht
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CLINICAL CASE REPORT: PERTUSSIS INFECTION FOLLOWED BY A PARAPERTUSSIS INFECTION IN THE SAME CHILD

Problems of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
Whooping cough is a vaccine-preventable, acute respiratory disease caused by the gram-negative bacterium Bordetella pertussis. In recent years there has been a worldwide reccurrence of pertussis infection.
Nadia Brankova, Victoria Levterova, Magi Ivanova, Ivan Simeonovski, Мariya Malcheva   +4 more
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Neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: Initial experience of Hospital de São João

Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia, 2014
The purpose of this series is to report the initial ECMO experience of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Hospital de São João. The first three clinical cases are reported.
G. Rocha, P. Soares, T. Henriques-Coelho, J. Correia-Pinto, J. Monteiro, H. Guimarães, R. Roncon-Albuquerque, Jr.   +6 more
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EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PERTUSSIS IN PCR TESTED PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED INFECTION [PDF]

Journal of IMAB
Purpose: To analyze epidemiological and clinical data of individuals tested for pertussis within the framework of routine disease surveillance Material and Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of epidemiological and clinical characteristics in
Milena Karcheva, Cvetan Popov, Polya Marinovska, Georgi Golemanov, Nelly Doseva, Maria Sredkova   +5 more
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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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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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Bordetella pertussis [PDF]

Revista chilena de infectología, 2008
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Post-exposure booster vaccination recalls vaccine-induced memory and accelerates Bordetella pertussis clearance in murine lungs and trachea

Scientific Reports
Despite high vaccination coverage, pertussis continues to cause substantial morbidity in infants, largely because acellular pertussis (aP) vaccines do not prevent bacterial carriage and transmission.
Marie Ballester, Paola Fontannaz, Floriane Auderset, Renato Gualtieri, Paul-Henri Lambert, Claire-Anne Siegrist   +5 more
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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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Addressing the consequences of missing vaccines: A case report of pertussis in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Pertussis, caused primarily by Bordetella pertussis and occasionally by Bordetella parapertussis, remains a major public health issue despite widespread vaccination efforts. Immunocompromised children, such as those with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, are
Diana Marcela Perea Rojas, Indiana Luz Rojas Torres, Luis Enrique Perea Vásquez   +2 more
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