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Pertussis surveillance in a children hospital in Bangkok, Thailand [PDF]
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 surveillance by small serosurveys of blood donors [PDF]
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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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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Pertussis in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations: epidemiology and challenges
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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Evaluation of the diagnostic utility of the new clinical case definition of pertussis - experience from sentinel and hospital-based pertussis surveillance [PDF]
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 +3 more
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Pertussis outbreak detected by active surveillance in Cyprus in 2003 [PDF]
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. +4 more
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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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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
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]
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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