Managing pertussis in adults [PDF]
, 2009 Pertussis or whooping cough is typically characterised by paroxysms of coughing with a whooping sound during inhalation. It is thought to be under-diagnosed generally. Whooping cough is caused by Bordetella pertussis and is highly contagious.
Chang, Anne, Marchant, Julie
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Geographical differences in wooping cough in Catalonia, Spain, from 1990 to 2010 [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND: Whooping cough is a communicable disease whose incidence has increased in recent years in some countries with vaccination. Since 1981, in Catalonia (Spain), cases must be reported to the Public Health Department. In 1997, surveillance changed
Carmona, Gloria +5 more
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Validation and implementation of a diagnostic algorithm for DNA Detection of Bordetella pertussis, B. parapertussis, and B-holmesii in a Pediatric Referral Hospital in Barcelona, Spain [PDF]
, 2019 This study aimed to validate a comprehensive diagnostic protocolbased on real-time PCR for the rapid detection and identification ofBordetella per-tussis,Bordetella parapertussis, andBordetella holmesii, as well as its implementationin the diagnostic ...
Acosta Argueta, Lesly María +5 more
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Expediency and prospects of a vaccinal prevention of whooping cough without age restrictions
Журнал инфектологии, 2018 The goal of study was the epidemiological substantiation of optimization measures of a vaccinal prevention of whooping cough in the Russian Federation. Materials and methods.
I. V. Mikheeva +2 more
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The effectiveness of PCR-RT method for etiological diagnosis of atypical forms of whooping cough
Детские инфекции (Москва), 2022 The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the PCR-RТ method using the PCR-RТ-IS test system for the etiological diagnosis of whooping cough in the examination of patients with infectious respiratory pathology with prolonged cough and in ...
A. Yu. Medkova +4 more
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Bordetella parapertussis Survives inside Human Macrophages in Lipid Raft-Enriched Phagosomes [PDF]
, 2014 Bordetella parapertussis is a human pathogen that causes whooping cough. The increasing incidence of B. parapertussis has been attributed to the lack of cross protection induced by pertussis vaccines. It was previously shown that B. parapertussis is able
Gorgojo, Juan Pablo +2 more
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Severe pertussis infection in infants less than 6 months of age: clinical manifestations and molecular characterization [PDF]
, 2017 We conducted a study to determine the main traits of pertussis among unimmunized infants less than 6 months of age. From August 2012 to March 2015, 141 nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPAs) were collected from infants with respiratory symptoms attending 2
Buttinelli, Gabriele +12 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 +3 more
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A SEIR Epidemic Model of Whooping Cough-Like Infections and Its Dynamically Consistent Approximation
Complexity, 2022 Whooping cough is a highly transmitted disease around the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 0.15 million cases had reported globally in 2018. Most of the Asian and African states are infected regions.
M.M. Alqarni +8 more
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EFFECTIVENESS OF MOLECULAR-GENETIC DIAGNOSTICS DURING PERTUSSIS INFECTION FOCI EXAMINATION
Инфекция и иммунитет, 2017 Purpose: whooping cough diagnostics by molecular-genetic methods.Materials and methods. Under observation there were 4930 people during the period from 2012 to 2015. All samples were received in 8 schools of Moscow and the Moscow region: in 3 schools had
A. S. Pimenova +10 more
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