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Seroprevalence of Antibodies to Pertussis Toxin among Different Age Groups in Thailand after 37 Years of Universal Whole-Cell Pertussis Vaccination. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Despite the high coverage of prophylactic vaccine against Bordetella pertussis infection in many countries for more than three decades, pertussis remains a common vaccine-preventable disease. Infections have been detected more commonly in countries using
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Medicine, 1975 Pertussis as an infectious disease exhibits a number of unusual features, both with respect to its epidemiology and to the interaction of the bacteia with the infected host. Evidence that a virus may in some cases be the etiology of the syndrome has been reviewed and seems to be have been established in certain instances.
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Iranian Journal of Microbiology, 2017 Background and Objectives: Bordetella holmesii is associated with a pertussis-like respiratory syndrome in healthy individuals and also a rare cause of septicaemia, endocarditis, pneumonia, and septic arthritis, mostly in immunocompromised patients ...
Masoumeh Nakhost Lotfi +4 more
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How to improve pertussis vaccination in pregnancy: a European expert review
Expert Review of VaccinesIntroduction Pertussis vaccination in pregnancy is a safe and highly effective strategy to protect young infants against severe pertussis, but cases continue to occur.
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Vaccine Research, 2015 Introduction: Despite high level of vaccination against pertussis‚ whooping cough has re-emerged as a health threat, especially in infants. This could be related to expansion of Bordetella pertussis with novel alleles for virulence factors including the ...
F Sadeghpour Heravi +2 more
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Characterization of a predominant Bordetella pertussis strain isolated from Iranian patients
Vaccine Research, 2018 Introduction: Pathogen adaptation is considered as one of the important reasons for the emergence of pertussis (whooping cough). Antigenic divergence between vaccine strains and clinical isolates of Bordetella pertussis has been occurred over the years ...
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Emerging Microbes and InfectionsThe prolonged latency period and delayed reporting of clinical surveillance data have led to a sluggish response to Bordetella pertussis outbreaks in China.
Songzhe Fu +9 more
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Iranian Journal of Microbiology, 2013 Background and Objective: Due to contagiousness of pertussis, a rapid and sensitive method for diagnosis is required to initiate the treatment and interrupt its transmission. Materials and Methods: To detect B.
Vajiheh Sadat Nikbin +4 more
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Less reactogenic whole-cell pertussis vaccine confers protection from Bordetella pertussis infection
mSpherePertussis resurged over the last decade in most countries that replaced the traditional whole-cell pertussis vaccines (wP) by the less reactogenic acellular pertussis vaccines (aP).
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