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Machine learning clinical decision support systems for surveillance: a case study on pertussis and RSV in children

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
We tested the performance of a machine learning (ML) algorithm based on signs and symptoms for the diagnosis of RSV infection or pertussis in the first year of age to support clinical decisions and provide timely data for public health surveillance.
Kimberly A. Mc Cord—De Iaco, Francesco Gesualdo, Elisabetta Pandolfi, Ileana Croci, Alberto Eugenio Tozzi   +4 more
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Pertussis in the Tshwane District, Gauteng province, South Africa: A cross-sectional study [PDF]

Journal of Public Health in Africa
Background: Pertussis remains a public health concern worldwide, particularly in infants and young children. Despite effective vaccines, challenges persist in addressing pertussis because of barriers such as limited healthcare access, inadequate ...
Xolelwa Ntsham, Tladi D. Ledibane
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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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Tracking Pertussis and Evaluating Control Measures through Enhanced Pertussis Surveillance, Emerging Infections Program, United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015
Despite high coverage with pertussis-containing vaccines, pertussis remains endemic to the United States. There have been increases in reported cases in recent years, punctuated by striking epidemics and shifting epidemiology, both of which raise ...
Tami H. Skoff, Joan Baumbach, Paul R. Cieslak   +2 more
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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, J.F.P. Schellekens, S.E. Neppelenbroek, F.R. Mooi, H.C. Rümke, M.A.E. Conyn-van Spaendonck   +5 more
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Surveillance of hospitalized and outpatient cases of pertussis in Catalonia from 2003 to 2009 [PDF]

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2013
Pertussis is a vaccine-preventable disease that generates a large number of cases and hospitalizations. In Catalonia, the vaccination schedule includes three doses of vaccine at 2, 4 and 6 mo and two booster doses at 18 mo and 4-6 y. In 2002, DTPw was replaced by DTPa.
Inma Crespo Fernández, Núria Soldevila, Gloria Carmona, Maria Rosa Sala, Pere Godoy, Angela Domínguez, the Pertussis Surveillance Group of Catalonia   +6 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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Validating the Use of Google Trends to Enhance Pertussis Surveillance in California

PLoS 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, Wood, Nicholas, Boscardin, W. John, Bengtsson, Henrik, Schwarcz, Sandra, Harriman, Kathleen, Winter, Kathleen, Rutherford, George   +7 more
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Genomic surveillance reveals global spread of macrolide-resistant Bordetella pertussis linked to vaccine changes [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
The resurgence of whooping cough in regions utilizing acellular pertussis vaccines underscores emerging public health challenges. Here, we characterized 178 Bordetella pertussis isolates collected from patients across all age groups in Shanghai (2018 ...
Zhen Xu, Zhuoying Huang, Lingyue Yuan, Huanyu Wu, Xin Chen, Min Chen, Yuan Zhuang, Jun Feng   +7 more
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Localized Outbreak of Macrolide-Resistant Pertussis in Infants, Japan, March–May 2025 [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
A localized pertussis outbreak involving 10 unvaccinated infants occurred in Kumamoto, Japan, during March–May 2025. Nine infants were admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit, 6 of whom received a confirmed diagnosis of macrolide-resistant ...
Takafumi Obara, Kyoko Kano, Takashi Yorifuji, Kohei Tsukahara, Naoki Yogo, Yuichiro Muto, Tetsuya Yumoto, Hiromichi Naito, Atsunori Nakao, Katsuki Hirai   +9 more
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