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Reemergence of Pertussis in the Highly Vaccinated Population of The Netherlands: Observations on Surveillance Data [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2000 We analyzed pertussis reporting, death, hospitalization, and serodiagnostic data from 1976 to 1998 to help explain the cause of the 1996 pertussis outbreak in the Netherlands. The unexpected outbreak was detected by an increase in pertussis reporting and
Hester E. de Melker +5 more
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Pertussis, anti-Bordetella pertussis toxin, vaccination, and clinical surveillance
Muller Journal of Medical Sciences and Research, 2023 Amnuay Kleebayoon, Viroj Wiwanitkit
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eLife, 2021 Recent pertussis resurgence in numerous countries may be driven by asymptomatic infections. Most pertussis surveillance studies are cross-sectional and cannot distinguish asymptomatic from pre-symptomatic infections.
Christopher J Gill +8 more
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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 +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 +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 +3 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 +5 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 +3 more
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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 +23 more
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Children with pertussis inform the investigation of other pertussis cases among contacts. [PDF]
, 2007 BACKGROUND: The number of reported pertussis has increased in the last two decades. However, many cases of pertussis may be underreported or not diagnosed.
Paulo N Baptista +8 more
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