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Update on pertussis and pertussis immunization [PDF]

Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2010
Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory tract disease caused by Bordetella pertussis infection. The clinical manifestation of this infection can be severe enough to cause death.
Jung Yun Hong
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Analysis of pertussis surveillance data (2022–2023) in a district of Beijing [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Introduction This study describes the epidemiological and drug resistance characteristics of Bordetella pertussis (B. pertussis) isolated from chronic/protracted cough patients in Beijing, China.
Yuanyuan Wang, Hairui Wang, Ying Li, Aixia Yan, Ying Kang, Lijun Liu, Lei Xiao, Shoufei Li, Fengshuang wang, Shengtian Liu, Tao Peng, Maojun Zhang, Zhujun Shao   +12 more
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Prevalence and characterization of pertactin deficient Bordetella pertussis strains in Brazil, a whole-cell vaccine country

Vaccine: X, 2021
Many countries have reported antigenic divergence among circulating Bordetella pertussis strains, mainly in those countries which introduced the acellular pertussis (aP) vaccine. This phenomenon can be seen, for example, with the recent rise of pertactin
Daniela Leite, Carlos Henrique Camargo, Suely Sanae Kashino, Ricardo Polatto, Luciano Moura Martins, Juliana Cristina Pereira, Lucia Pawloski, Maria Lucia Tondella, Rosangela Siqueira de Oliveira, Lourdes Rehder de Andrade Vaz de Lima   +9 more
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Hospital-based prospective study of pertussis in infants and close contacts in Tehran, Iran

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Pertussis remain a global health concern, especially in infants too young to initiate their vaccination. Effective vaccination and high coverage limit the circulation of the pathogen, yet duration of protection is limited and boosters are ...
Gaelle Noel, Masoumeh Nakhost Lotfi, Sajedeh Mirshahvalad, Sedaghatpour Mahdi, David Tavel, Seyed M. Zahraei, Roxana Mansour Ghanaie, Tahereh Heidary, Aliahmad Goudarzi, Azardokht Kazemi, Abdollah Karimi, Alireza Nateghian, Mohand Ait-Ahmed, Nicole Guiso, Fereshteh Shahcheraghi, Fabien Taieb   +15 more
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The Impact of Early Postpartum Maternal Pertussis Vaccination on the Protection of Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Immunology, 2019
Background: Despite primary vaccination, infants under six months run a risk of infection with pertussis. Objective: To determine the impact of early postpartum maternal pertussis vaccination on protecting infants from the disease.
Ayse Kilic, Gulcin Otar Yener, Aylin Yetim, Mustafa Ozcetin, Gulbin Gokcay, Asuman Coban, Zeynep Ince, Beril Yasa, Lutfiye Oksuz, Funda Gungor Ugurlucan, Nezahat Gurler   +10 more
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The Fim and FhaB adhesins play a crucial role in nasal cavity infection and Bordetella pertussis transmission in a novel mouse catarrhal infection model.

PLoS Pathogens, 2022
Pulmonary infections caused by Bordetella pertussis used to be the prime cause of infant mortality in the pre-vaccine era and mouse models of pertussis pneumonia served in characterization of B. pertussis virulence mechanisms.
Jana Holubova, Ondrej Stanek, Attila Juhasz, Illiassou Hamidou Soumana, Peter Makovicky, Peter Sebo   +5 more
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Association of Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphism with Susceptibility to Symptomatic Pertussis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Pertussis, caused by infection with the gram negative B. pertussis bacterium, is a serious respiratory illness that can last for months. While B.
Wanda G H Han, Hennie M Hodemaekers, Bhawani Nagarajah, Martien M C Poelen, Kina Helm, Riny Janssen, Cécile A C M van Els   +6 more
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A novel vaccine formulation candidate based on lipooligosaccharides and pertussis toxin against Bordetella pertussis

Frontiers in Immunology, 2023
Pertussis is a severe human respiratory tract infectious disease caused by Bordetella pertussis that primarily affects infants and young children.
Jingjing Gao, Linlin Huang, Shuquan Luo, Ruijie Qiao, Fanglei Liu, Xin Li, Xin Li   +6 more
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Protection against pertussis in humans correlates to elevated serum antibodies and memory B cells [PDF]

, 2017
Pertussis is a respiratory infection caused by Bordetella pertussis that may be particularly severe and even lethal in the first months of life when infants are still too young to be vaccinated. Adults and adolescents experience mild symptoms and are the
Carsetti, Rita, Di Mattia, G., Fedele, Giorgio, Frassanito, A., Gesualdo, Francesco, Leone, Pasqualina, Marcellini, Valentina, Midulla, Fabio, Mortari, Eva Piano, Nenna, R., Pandolfi, Elisabetta, Stefanelli, Paola, The Pertussis Study, Gropu, Tozzi, Alberto Eugenio   +13 more
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Risk factors for pertussis among children hospitalized for pertussis during 2016–2017, in Guizhou Province of China: a case-control study

Global Health Journal, 2021
Aim: Pertussis is a respiratory tract infection, the vaccine for which was introduced in the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in Guizhou Province of China (hereafter referred as Guizhou) in the 1980s.
Feng Jiang, Keli Li, Guangpeng Tang, Yan Huang   +3 more
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