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Sensitivity and specificity of single IgA and IgG antibody concentrations for early diagnosis of pertussis in adults: an evaluation for outbreak management in public health practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Background: An accurate, practical laboratory test is needed to confirm clinical diagnosis of pertussis in adults during the first 3 symptomatic weeks, when treatment is effective and transmission can be interrupted.
Mertens, PLJM (Paulus Leonardus Johannes Mar)   +3 more
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PROTECTIVE EFFICACY OF PERTACTIN CONTAINING ACELLULAR DPT VACCINES

open access: yesВопросы современной педиатрии, 2008
Pertussis vaccination with the use of DPT vaccines is a necessary condition for fighting the infection called bordetella pertussis. At the same time, it is known that the use of whole cellular DPT vaccines is accompanied with high incidence of side effects and serious neurological complications, and, as a result, reasonable refuse from injections by ...
M.V. Fesenko, L.S. Namazova
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Randomized clinical trial of the safety and immunogenicity of the Tdap vaccine in pregnant Mexican women

open access: yesHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2017
Immunization with the tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap) vaccine raises controversies on immunogenicity and possible antibody interference. We performed an experimental, double-blind, parallel group controlled clinical trial to evaluate the safety
Jesús Zacarías Villarreal Pérez   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adaptation of Bordetella pertussis to Vaccination: A Cause for Its Reemergence?

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2001
In The Netherlands, as in many other western countries, pertussis vaccines have been used extensively for more than 40 years. Therefore, it is conceivable that vaccine-induced immunity has affected the evolution of B. pertussis.
Frits R. Mooi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Polymorphism of Pertactin Gene Repeat Regions in Bordetella bronchiseptica Isolates from Pigs

open access: yesJournal of Veterinary Medical Science, 2007
Bordetella bronchiseptica pertactin (prn) is an outer membrane protein which has been implicated as both an adhesin and a protective antigen that induces immunity against atrophic rhinitis in pigs. Previous studies demonstrated extensive heterogeneity of the prn sequence within two distinct regions of amino acid repeats for B.
Eun-Kyung, Shin   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Production and characterization of recombinant pertactin, fimbriae 2 and fimbriae 3 from Bordetella pertussis

open access: yesBMC Microbiology, 2009
Background Bordetella pertussis is a causative agent of pertussis or whooping cough in humans. Pertactin (Prn), fimbriae 2 (Fim2) and fimbriae 3 (Fim3) of B.
Hou Qiming   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pediatrics [PDF]

open access: yes
BACKGROUNDAcellular pertussis vaccines replaced whole-cell vaccines for the 5-dose childhood vaccination series in 1997. A sixth dose of pertussis-containing vaccine, tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis, adsorbed (Tdap ...

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P69 pertactin: LRR, PRR and efficacious vaccine [PDF]

open access: yesActa Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography, 1996
P. Emsley   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Determination of Serum Antibody to Bordetella pertussis Adenylate Cyclase Toxin in Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Children and in Children and Adults with Pertussis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Presence of antibody to adenylate cyclase toxin (ACT) has been noted following Bordetella pertussis infection. Because ACT is not presently in any acellular pertussis vaccines, it has been considered as a possible antigen to use in B.
Cherry, James D.   +5 more
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Het Rijksvaccinatieprogramma in Nederland : Surveillance en ontwikkelingen in 2014-2015 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In Nederland is de vaccinatiegraad binnen het Rijksvaccinatieprogramma (RVP) hoog, waardoor weinig mensen de ziekten krijgen waartegen zij worden ingeënt.
de Melker HE   +1 more
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