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The interdisciplinary Meeting of Experts’s Resolution «Unresolved Questions of Pertussis Epidemiology in the Russian Federation and the New Possibilities for Vaccination»

open access: yesЭпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2018
Key Russian experts representing applied medicine, scientific and educational organizations related to the vaccination hold the meeting on June 13 in Moscow.
Article Editorial
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Comparative Epidemiologic Characteristics of Pertussis in 10 Central and Eastern European Countries, 2000-2013.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
We undertook an epidemiological survey of the annual incidence of pertussis reported from 2000 to 2013 in ten Central and Eastern European countries to ascertain whether increased pertussis reports in some countries share common underlying drivers or ...
Ulrich Heininger   +11 more
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Using open source data to estimate the global epidemiology of pertussis

open access: yesGlobal Biosecurity, 2020
Introduction: Pertussis is a highly infectious disease that remains endemic despite a rising vaccination coverage rates globally. Due to the lack of global surveillance data for pertussis, the unconventional use of open-source data gives a glimpse into ...
Haley Stone   +3 more
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The re-emergence of pertussis: implications for diagnosis and surveillance [PDF]

open access: yesNew South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 2008
Pertussis, or whooping cough, a highly contagious disease caused by Bordetella pertussis, is making a comeback globally and nationally in spite of reasonable vaccination coverage. This paper provides an update on laboratory testing methods that assist the confirmation of clinical disease and investigation of outbreaks.
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Epidemiology of pertussis in two Ibero-American countries with different vaccination policies: lessons derived from different surveillance systems

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2016
Background Pertussis is a re-emerging disease worldwide despite its high vaccination coverage. European and Latin-American countries have used different surveillance and vaccination policies against pertussis. We compared the epidemiology of this disease
Rubén Solano   +7 more
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A data driven clinical algorithm for differential diagnosis of pertussis and other respiratory infections in infants.

open access: yesPLoS 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   +10 more
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Evaluation of the Completeness and Timeliness of the Infant Pertussis Surveillance System in the Czech Republic in 2015, 2017 and 2019

open access: yesSlovenian Journal of Public Health, 2023
The completeness and timeliness of the pertussis questionnaire-based enhanced surveillance system (ESS) among infants and reported pertussis data within the electronic nationwide notification system (NNS) in the years 2015, 2017 and 2019 were evaluated ...
LIPTÁKOVÁ Monika   +5 more
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Oral Fluid Testing for Pertussis, England and Wales, June 2007–August 2009

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
Existing pertussis surveillance systems tend to underidentify less severe cases among older children and adults. For routine follow-up of notified, nonconfirmed, clinically diagnosed pertussis cases, use of an oral fluid test was pilot tested in England ...
Helen Campbell   +7 more
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Revisiting the epidemiology of pertussis in Canada, 1924–2015: a literature review, evidence synthesis, and modeling study

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2020
Background Disease surveillance is central to the public health understanding of pertussis epidemiology. In Canada, public reporting practices have significantly changed over time, creating challenges in accurately characterizing pertussis epidemiology ...
Edward Thommes   +5 more
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