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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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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, Gurol-Urganci, Ipek, Sander, Beate, Thampi, Nisha   +3 more
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Association between pertussis vaccination coverage and other sociodemographic factors and pertussis incidence using surveillance data

Epidemics, 2023
Routine vaccination with pertussis vaccines has been successful in driving down pertussis mortality and morbidity globally. Despite high vaccination coverage, countries such as Australia, USA, and UK have experienced increase in pertussis activity over the last few decades.
Madhura S. Rane, Jonathan Wakefield, Pejman Rohani, M. Elizabeth Halloran   +3 more
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Protection against pertussis in humans correlates to elevated serum antibodies and memory B cells [PDF]

, 2017
Pertussis is a respiratory infection caused by Bordetella pertussis that may be particularly severe and even lethal in the first months of life when infants are still too young to be vaccinated. Adults and adolescents experience mild symptoms and are the
Carsetti, Rita, Di Mattia, G., Fedele, Giorgio, Frassanito, A., Gesualdo, Francesco, Leone, Pasqualina, Marcellini, Valentina, Midulla, Fabio, Mortari, Eva Piano, Nenna, R., Pandolfi, Elisabetta, Stefanelli, Paola, The Pertussis Study, Gropu, Tozzi, Alberto Eugenio   +13 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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Replacing ADT With dTpa in Queensland Emergency Departments: Another Opportunity for Pertussis Control? [PDF]

Emerg Med Australas
Emergency Medicine Australasia, Volume 38, Issue 1, February 2026.
Nissen MD, Jordan F, Adhikari P, Vernal S, Furuya-Kanamori L.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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

Эпидемиология 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
doaj   +1 more source

Infants hospitalized for Bordetella pertussis infection commonly have respiratory viral coinfections [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Whether viral coinfections cause more severe disease than Bordetella pertussis (B. pertussis) alone remains unclear. We compared clinical disease severity and sought clinical and demographic differences between infants with B.
Agricola, Eleonora, Buttinelli, Gabriele, Campagna, Ilaria, Carsetti, R., Concato, C., DI MATTIA, Greta, Fedele, Giorgio, Ferretti, Beatrice, Frassanito, Antonella, Gesualdo, Francesco, Gonfiantini, Michaela Veronika, Marcellini, Valentina, Midulla, Fabio, Nenna, Raffaella, Nicolai, Ambra, Pandolfi, Elisabetta, Pierangeli, Alessandra, Russo, Luisa, Schiavoni, I., Stefanelli, P., Tozzi, A. E., Vennarucci, Valentina Spuri, Villani, Alberto   +22 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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Comparative Epidemiologic Characteristics of Pertussis in 10 Central and Eastern European Countries, 2000-2013.

PLoS 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, Philippe André, Roman Chlibek, Zuzana Kristufkova, Kuulo Kutsar, Atanas Mangarov, Zsófia Mészner, Aneta Nitsch-Osuch, Vladimir Petrović, Roman Prymula, Vytautas Usonis, Dace Zavadska   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source