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Human Vaccines & ImmunotherapeuticsPertussis, a respiratory disease caused by Bordetella pertussis, remains a global health challenge despite decades of vaccination. The inclusion of diphtheria, tetanus, and whole-cell pertussis (DTwP) vaccines in the World Health Organization (WHO ...
Sijia Wang, Shimo Zhang, Jue Liu
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Witnessing history: a personal view of half a century in public health [PDF]
, 2018 Former Chief Medical Officer Sir Kenneth Calman recently celebrated 50 years in medicine. It was a period which saw the evolution of the public health agenda from communicable diseases to diseases of lifestyle, the change from a hospital-orientated ...
Bergman, B.P. +3 more
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Emerging Challenges and Opportunities in Infectious Disease Epidemiology. [PDF]
, 2019 Much of the intellectual tradition of modern epidemiology stems from efforts to understand and combat chronic diseases persisting through the 20th century epidemiologic transition of countries such as the United States and United Kingdom.
Lewnard, Joseph A, Reingold, Arthur L
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Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim The aim of this study was to investigate the possible source of laboratory‐confirmed pertussis in infants under 6 months of age. Methods This nationwide prospective study was based on laboratory‐confirmed cases reported in the enhanced pertussis surveillance in Sweden from 2009 to 2015. The parents or carers of 345 infants were interviewed
Bernice Aronsson +4 more
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Pertussis surveillance in French hospitals: results from a 10 year period [PDF]
Eurosurveillance, 2007 We present 10 years of results from a paediatrician hospital network surveillance in France, set up in 1996 to monitor the trend of pertussis (whooping cough) in children and the impact of the vaccination strategies. Microbiologists from 43 hospitals that participate in the network on a voluntary basis notify pertussis diagnosis, and paediatricians ...
I Bonmarin +6 more
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Genomic epidemiology and multilevel genome typing of Bordetella pertussis
Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2023 Bordetella pertussis causes pertussis (or whooping cough), a severe respiratory infectious disease in infants, although it can be prevented by whole cell and acellular vaccines.
Michael Payne +6 more
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Tissue Resident Memory Cells: Friend or Foe?
Immunology, EarlyView.Tissue‐resident memory T cells (TRM cells) are specialised immune cells in barrier tissues like the lungs, skin and gut, providing rapid host defence and tumour surveillance. Their retention and differentiation are regulated by molecules such as CD69, CD103 and TGF‐β. Dysregulation of TRM cells can lead to chronic activation, driving conditions such as
Chidimma F. Chude +2 more
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An epidemiological investigation of the 2019 suspected pertussis outbreak in northwestern Nigeria
SAGE Open Medicine, 2021 Introduction: In 2019, we investigated the profile of the cases and controls and the determinants of pertussis transmission in Kebbi State, Northwestern Nigeria, to inform better immunization and surveillance strategies.
Omoleke Semeeh +5 more
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Trust Norms, Distrust, and Worst‐Case Defiance in the COVID‐19 Pandemic
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT When pandemics threaten, governments are expected to protect citizens. Trustworthiness and trust are central to meeting public expectations. Motivational posturing theory differentiates resistant and dismissive defiance during the COVID‐19 pandemic.
Valerie Braithwaite
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EPI Update, August 31, 2012 [PDF]
, 2012 Weekly newsletter for Center For Acute Disease Epidemiology of Iowa Department of Public ...
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