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Pertussis incidence rates in Novi Sad (Serbia) before and during improved surveillance [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2017
Introduction/Objective. The Global Pertussis Initiative (GPI) proposed clinical case definitions for pertussis diagnosis in three different age cohorts in order to improve surveillance of pertussis especially in older children, adolescents, and adults ...
Petrović Vladimir, Šeguljev Zorica, Ristić Mioljub, Radosavljević Biljana, Đilas Milan, Heininger Ulrich   +5 more
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Assessing the Underestimation of Adult Pertussis Disease in Five Latin American Countries

Infectious Diseases and Therapy, 2023
Introduction Pertussis, a contagious respiratory disease, is underreported in adults. The study objective was to quantify underestimation of pertussis cases in adults aged ≥ 50 years in five Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico ...
Adriana Guzman-Holst, Jorge A. Gomez, Otavio Cintra, Desirée Van Oorschot, Nicolas Jamet, Javier Nieto-Guevara   +5 more
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Pertussis surveillance in a children hospital in Bangkok, Thailand [PDF]

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
To investigate the incidence, clinical characteristics and cost associated with pertussis in Thai children with persistent cough.A prospective study was conducted among children aged 0-18 years with persistent cough for ≥7days with at least one of the following: paroxysm, inspiratory whooping, or post-tussive emesis.
Piyarat Suntarattiwong, Kunlayanut Kanjanabura, Thanawan Laopipattana, Anusak Kerdsin, Wantana Paveenkittiporn, Tawee Chotpitayasunondh   +5 more
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Pertussis surveillance by small serosurveys of blood donors [PDF]

Epidemiology and Infection, 2018
AbstractSerosurveys have established data about the distribution of immunoglobulin G (IgG)-antibodies to pertussis toxin (PT) in various populations. We tried to detect whether small serosurveys in blood donors could serve as a simple and inexpensive means to collect information about the circulation ofBordetella pertussis.
N. Kennerknecht, M. Riffelmann, U. Voelker, C. H. Wirsing von König   +3 more
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Circulation of pertussis and poor protection against diphtheria among middle-aged adults in 18 European countries

Nature Communications, 2021
Recent outbreaks of pertussis have highlighted the importance of surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases. Here, the authors performed a cross-sectional seroprevalence study of pertussis, diphtheria, and tetanus in Europe and found evidence of ...
Guy Berbers, Pieter van Gageldonk, Jan van de Kassteele, Ursula Wiedermann, Isabelle Desombere, Tine Dalby, Julie Toubiana, Sotirios Tsiodras, Ildikó Paluska Ferencz, Kathryn Mullan, Algirdas Griskevicius, Tatjana Kolupajeva, Didrik Frimann Vestrheim, Paula Palminha, Odette Popovici, Lena Wehlin, Tamara Kastrin, Lucia Maďarová, Helen Campbell, Csaba Ködmön, Sabrina Bacci, Alex-Mikael Barkoff, Qiushui He, the Serosurveillance Study Team   +23 more
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Pertussis in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations: epidemiology and challenges

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
Pertussis is a highly infectious respiratory disease caused by Bordetella pertussis. Infants and young children are particularly at risk of severe and life-threatening disease. Infectious older individuals may transmit Bordetella pertussis to unprotected
Usa Thisyakorn, Terapong Tantawichien, Chule Thisyakorn, Philippe Buchy   +3 more
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Pertussis post-exposure prophylaxis among household contacts: a cost-utility analysis. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Recent pertussis outbreaks have prompted re-examination of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) strategies, when immunization is not immediately protective.
Crowcroft, Natasha S, Crowcroft Natasha S., Sander Beate, Natasha S Crowcroft, Thampi, Nisha, Nisha Thampi, Gurol-Urganci Ipek, Thampi Nisha, Gurol-Urganci, Ipek, Beate Sander, Ipek Gurol-Urganci, Sander, Beate   +11 more
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Evaluation of the diagnostic utility of the new clinical case definition of pertussis - experience from sentinel and hospital-based pertussis surveillance [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2019
Introduction/Objective. Global surveillance systems use different clinical case definitions of pertussis. The aim of this study was to identify sign and symptom combinations with best relation with laboratory confirmed pertussis. Methods.
Ristić Mioljub, Stojanović Vesna D., Petrović Vladimir, Heininger Ulrich   +3 more
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Pertussis Surveillance in Canada: Trends to 2012

Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2014
The purpose of this report is to provide a summary of the pertussis activity in Canada.A descriptive analysis of pertussis incidence by year, age group, gender and province/territory was conducted using national surveillance data, clinical administrative data and vital statistics data.Pertussis is an endemic cyclical disease in Canada with peaks in ...
T, Smith, J, Rotondo, S, Desai, H, Deehan   +3 more
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Pertussis outbreak detected by active surveillance in Cyprus in 2003 [PDF]

Eurosurveillance, 2007
Pertussis is a disease of substantial public health importance that still lacks an efficient surveillance system. It has been a notifiable disease in Cyprus since 1930, and has had an incidence rate of 1 per 100,000 persons during the last 10 years. In 2001, the Greece-Cyprus Paediatric Surveillance Unit (GCPSU) was established with the aim of active ...
Theodoridou, M., Hadjipanagis, A., Persianis, N., Makri, S., Hadjichristodoulou, C.   +4 more
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