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Using open source data to estimate the global epidemiology of pertussis

open access: yesGlobal Biosecurity, 2020
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
doaj   +1 more source

Pertussis Surveillance—United States, 1989-1991

open access: yesJAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1993
The licensure of whole-cell pertussis vaccine combined with diphtheria and tetanus toxoids as DTP in the 1940s--and its widespread use in infants and children--led to a dramatic decline in the incidence of reported pertussis. In the prevaccine era, the average annual incidence and mortality for reported pertussis were 150 cases and six deaths per 100 ...
S F, Davis   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Decline of pertussis in hospitalised children following the introduction of immunisation in pregnancy – results from a nationwide, prospective surveillance study, 2013–2020

open access: yesSwiss Medical Weekly, 2021
Summary AIMS OF THE STUDY: Surveillance of pertussis at a national level is important to collect information on the epidemiology of the disease and to design optimal immunisation strategies.
Jana Zumstein, Ulrich Heininger
doaj   +1 more source

A data driven clinical algorithm for differential diagnosis of pertussis and other respiratory infections in infants.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundClinical criteria for pertussis diagnosis and clinical case definitions for surveillance are based on a cough lasting two or more weeks. As several pertussis cases seek care earlier, a clinical tool independent of cough duration may support ...
Alberto Eugenio Tozzi   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Revisiting the epidemiology of pertussis in Canada, 1924–2015: a literature review, evidence synthesis, and modeling study

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2020
Background Disease surveillance is central to the public health understanding of pertussis epidemiology. In Canada, public reporting practices have significantly changed over time, creating challenges in accurately characterizing pertussis epidemiology ...
Edward Thommes   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Replacing ADT With dTpa in Queensland Emergency Departments: Another Opportunity for Pertussis Control? [PDF]

open access: yesEmerg Med Australas
Emergency Medicine Australasia, Volume 38, Issue 1, February 2026.
Nissen MD   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The reform of the Italian legislation on childhood immunization [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Upon the proposal of the Italian government, Law n. 191/2017 has been enacted, meant to considerably raise the number of mandatory vaccinations, while leaving several others merely "recommended" (non-mandatory).
Cocchiara, Rosario Andrea   +4 more
core   +1 more source

2019-nCoV: The Identify-Isolate-Inform (3I) Tool Applied to a Novel Emerging Coronavirus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is an emerging infectious disease closely related to MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV that was first reported in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China in December 2019.
Bey, Christian K.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Oral Fluid Testing for Pertussis, England and Wales, June 2007–August 2009

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
Existing pertussis surveillance systems tend to underidentify less severe cases among older children and adults. For routine follow-up of notified, nonconfirmed, clinically diagnosed pertussis cases, use of an oral fluid test was pilot tested in England ...
Helen Campbell   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bacterial outer membrane vesicles and vaccine applications [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Vaccines based on outer membrane vesicles (OMV) were developed more than 20 years ago against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B. These nano-sized structures exhibit remarkable potential for immunomodulation of immune responses and delivery of “self ...
Acevedo, Reinaldo   +10 more
core   +2 more sources

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