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Pertussis in infants, in their mothers and other contacts in Casablanca, Morocco

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background In recent decades, there has been a marked increase in the number of reported cases of pertussis around the world, and pertussis continues to be a frequently occurring disease despite an effective childhood vaccination.
Khalid Katfy, Idrissa Diawara, Fakhredine Maaloum, Siham Aziz, Nicole Guiso, Hassan Fellah, Bouchra Slaoui, Khalid Zerouali, Houria Belabbes, Naima Elmdaghri   +9 more
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Rediscovering Pertussis [PDF]

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2016
Pertussis, caused by Bordetella (B.) pertussis, a Gram-negative bacterium, is a highly contagious airway infection. Especially in infants, pertussis remains a major health concern. Acute infection with B. pertussis can cause severe illness characterized by severe respiratory failure, pulmonary hypertension, leucocytosis, and death. Over the past years,
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Burden of Pertussis in Individuals with a Diagnosis of Asthma: A Retrospective Database Study in England

Journal of Asthma and Allergy, 2022
Amit Bhavsar,1 Emmanuel Aris,2 Lauriane Harrington,3 Jason C Simeone,4 Anna Ramond,5 Dimitra Lambrelli,5 Alberto Papi,6 Louis-Philippe Boulet,7 Kinga Meszaros,8 Nicolas Jamet,8 Yan Sergerie,3 Piyali Mukherjee3 1Europe Medical Affairs, GSK, Wavre, Belgium;
Bhavsar A, Aris E, Harrington L, Simeone JC, Ramond A, Lambrelli D, Papi A, Boulet LP, Meszaros K, Jamet N, Sergerie Y, Mukherjee P   +11 more
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A data driven clinical algorithm for differential diagnosis of pertussis and other respiratory infections in infants.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundClinical criteria for pertussis diagnosis and clinical case definitions for surveillance are based on a cough lasting two or more weeks. As several pertussis cases seek care earlier, a clinical tool independent of cough duration may support ...
Alberto Eugenio Tozzi, Francesco Gesualdo, Caterina Rizzo, Emanuela Carloni, Luisa Russo, Ilaria Campagna, Alberto Villani, Antonino Reale, Carlo Concato, Giulia Linardos, Elisabetta Pandolfi   +10 more
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Pertussis: Resurgence of a forgotten entity

Journal of Pediatric Critical Care, 2020
Pertussis is a serious and life-threatening infection of infancy. Recurrent apnea with a paroxysm of cough is the early clue for its diagnosis. The rate of pertussis increased worldwide with the occurrence of regular outbreaks globally, including India ...
Mukesh Kumar Jain, Sibabratta Patnaik, Bandya Sahoo, Reshmi Mishra   +3 more
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Analysis of Bordetella pertussis pertactin and pertussis toxin types from Queensland, Australia, 1999–2003

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2006
Background In Australia two acellular Bordetella pertussis vaccines have replaced the use of a whole cell vaccine. Both of the licensed acellular vaccines contain the following three components; pertussis toxoid, pertussis filamentous haemagglutinin and ...
Slack Andrew T, Byrne Shane
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SARS-CoV-2 coinfections among pertussis cases identified through the Enhanced Pertussis Surveillance system in the United States, January 2020-February 2023.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundBacterial and viral respiratory coinfections are common, but the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infections among pertussis cases has not been estimated.
Isha Berry, Matthew Cole, Benjamin Silk, Fiona P Havers, Erin Youngkin, Adam Misiorski, Samantha Sefton, Yeng Vang, Emma Stanislawski, Suzanne McGuire, Noel Silhan, Tami H Skoff, Amy B Rubis   +12 more
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Underestimated Incidence Rate of Pertussis in the Community: Results from Active Population-Based Surveillance in Yiwu, China

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Background: The resurgence of pertussis in China underscores the urgency of active surveillance to complement the passive surveillance system. Methods: Active surveillance for pertussis was conducted from 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2022, at Yiwu, Zhejiang ...
Hanying Dai, Hanqing He, Juan Xu, Yao Zhu, Tao Fu, Bohan Chen, Jie Li, Yuan Gao, Aiping Qin, Maojun Zhang, Zhujun Shao   +10 more
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Epidemiology of Pertussis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2005
The World Health Organization recommended that a pertussis incidence of
Tina, Tan, Evelinda, Trindade, Danuta, Skowronski   +2 more
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Tracking Pertussis and Evaluating Control Measures through Enhanced Pertussis Surveillance, Emerging Infections Program, United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015
Despite high coverage with pertussis-containing vaccines, pertussis remains endemic to the United States. There have been increases in reported cases in recent years, punctuated by striking epidemics and shifting epidemiology, both of which raise ...
Tami H. Skoff, Joan Baumbach, Paul R. Cieslak   +2 more
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