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Local risk perception enhances epidemic control

, 2018
As infectious disease outbreaks emerge, public health agencies often enact vaccination and social distancing measures to slow transmission. Their success depends on not only strategies and resources, but also public adherence.
Herrera, José L., Meyers, Lauren Ancel
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Adenoviral-vectored vaccine against Bordetella pertussis fimbrial antigen induces partial protection in a mouse model

Vaccine: X
Pertussis has been resurgent in many countries worldwide despite good vaccine coverage. One hypothesis for this resurgence is that the current acellular pertussis (aP) vaccines, used in most developed countries, induce short-term protection, and do not ...
Alexa Dierig, Martina Kristof, Christina Dold, Elodie Lesne, Catpagavalli Asokanathan, Luke Blackwell, Barbara Bolgiano, Andrew R. Gorringe, Andrew J. Pollard, Kevin Markey, Christine S. Rollier   +10 more
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Accelerating Control of Pertussis in England and Wales

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012
Results of an accelerated pertussis vaccination schedule for infants introduced in 1990 in England and Wales were examined. Earlier scheduling and sustained high vaccine coverage resulted in fewer reported cases of pertussis among infants, reinforcing ...
Helen Campbell, Gayatri Amirthalingam, Nick Andrews, Norman K. Fry, Robert C. George, Timothy Harrison, Elizabeth Miller   +6 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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Adaptive immune response to bordetella pertussis during vaccination and infection: emerging perspectives and unanswered questions

Expert Review of Vaccines
Introduction Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, remains a significant challenge as a vaccine-preventable disease worldwide. Since the switch from the whole-cell Pertussis (wP) vaccine to the acellular Pertussis vaccine (aP), cases of whooping cough
A-Reum Kim, Alessandro Sette, Ricardo da Silva Antunes   +2 more
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Epidemiology of Pertussis After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of the Factors Involved in the Resurgence of the Disease in High-, Middle-, and Low-Income Countries

Vaccines
Pertussis is a highly contagious bacterial disease of the respiratory tract that can be prevented by vaccination. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the vaccine coverage rate for the third dose of a DPT-containing vaccine was 86%, with large disparities among
Lucia F. Bricks, Juan C. Vargas-Zambrano, Denis Macina   +2 more
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The Update, February 13, 2012 [PDF]

, 2012
The Update is a bi-weekly web newsletter published by the Iowa Department of Public Health's Bureau of Family Health. It is posted the second and fourth week of every month, and provides useful job resource information for departmental health care ...

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Innovative adjuvant strategies for next-generation pertussis vaccines

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
The acellular pertussis (aP) vaccine has increasingly replaced the whole-cell pertussis (wP) vaccine due to its superior safety profile. However, the aP vaccine is less effective at preventing infection and transmission of Bordetella pertussis ...
Ge Yu, Wenqi Yang, Yubin Ma, Ning Zhang, Di Tang, Ye Jin, Liang Shi, Mengshu Wang, Dawei Liu, Changying Xue, Bingbing Sun   +10 more
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Competition, coinfection and strain replacement in models of Bordetella Pertussis [PDF]

, 2015
Ayabina, D, Colijn, C, Nicoli, E, Trotter, C, Turner, K   +4 more
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Evaluating the Immunogenicity of the Pertussis Component of the DPT Vaccine in 12- month old Infants in Kerman City, 2015 [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Pertussis is a contagious infectious disease that is preventable by vaccine. This bacterial infection is caused by bordetella pertussis. Since pertussis vaccine coverage in Iran has not been studied recently and the type of vaccine used in ...
Dehaghani, Azam, Ebrahimpour, Maryam, Hosseninasab, Ali, Noormandi, Mohammad Mehdi   +3 more
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