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Validating the Use of Google Trends to Enhance Pertussis Surveillance in California

open access: yesPLoS Currents, 2015
Pertussis has recently re-emerged in the United States. Timely surveillance is vital to estimate the burden of this disease accurately and to guide public health response. However, the surveillance of pertussis is limited by delays in reporting, consolidation and dissemination of data to relevant stakeholders. We fit and assessed a real-time predictive
Pollett, Simon   +7 more
openaire   +2 more sources

MODERNIZATION OF GENEOTIPING OF STRAINS B. PERTUSSIS

open access: yesДетские инфекции (Москва), 2015
The new rapid molecular genotyping method was developed for studying the structure of ptxP promoter of pertussis toxin. Method is based on PCR-RFLP analysis, which allows studying the specific restriction profiles of the B.
G. A. Ivashinnikova   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Small‐Scale Regional External Quality Assessment of Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for Bordetella pertussis in China

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, Volume 40, Issue 16, August 2026.
An external quality assessment (EQA) was conducted to evaluate the performance of nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) for Bordetella pertussis across 69 laboratories in Chongqing, China. Among 345 total reports, 341 (98.8%) were concordant with expected results, while four false negatives occurred in low‐concentration samples near the analytical ...
Yuanyuan Guo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

IS481-based pertussis positivity transition from preschool to school-aged children and the ptxP3 predominance in high-load subset: a digital platform surveillance study in China

open access: yesEmerging Microbes and Infections
China experienced a massive pertussis resurgence in 2024. We aimed to characterize the epidemiological trends, clinical symptoms, and molecular evolution of Bordetella pertussis using a large-scale, home-based surveillance platform in four Chinese ...
Chunyan Xiang   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

SARS-CoV-2 coinfections among pertussis cases identified through the Enhanced Pertussis Surveillance system in the United States, January 2020-February 2023.

open access: yesPLoS 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   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diphtheria and pertussis outbreaks in the Americas: a scoping review of epidemiology, vaccination trends and control strategies, 2013–2024

open access: yesBMJ Public Health
Objectives To describe the themes identified in the epidemiology of diphtheria and pertussis outbreaks in the Americas (2013–2024), with a particular focus on vaccination coverage, trends and control strategies.Design Scoping review.Data sources ...
Marcela Contreras   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PERTUSSIS IN PCR TESTED PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED INFECTION [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of IMAB
Purpose: To analyze epidemiological and clinical data of individuals tested for pertussis within the framework of routine disease surveillance Material and Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of epidemiological and clinical characteristics in
Milena Karcheva   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Paediatric surveillance of pertussis in 1998

open access: yes, 2000
Objective: To gain insight into the severity of pertussis in hospitalised cases. Methods: In 1998, hospitalisation data were collected through paediatric surveillance. Results: From 115 hospitalisation admissions collected, 55% of the patients were younger than 3 months of age and not vaccinated; 12% were 3-5 months of age and of these, 50% were ...
Melker HE de   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

The Senegal pertussis trial: safety and surveillance of adverse reactions.

open access: yesDevelopments in biological standardization, 1997
In the Senegal pertussis trial, common adverse reactions were actively monitored during the pilot phase II study, while the frequency of severe adverse reactions was monitored as a secondary objective within the phase III efficacy trial. Since the trial was conducted in Niakhar, an area in rural West Africa under intensive surveillance, the safety ...
Préziosi, Marie-Pierre   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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