A case–control study to assess the effectiveness of pertussis vaccination during pregnancy on newborns, Valencian community, Spain, 1 March 2015 to 29 February 2016 [PDF]
In the Valencian Community (Spain), the programme of maternal pertussis vaccination during pregnancy started in January 2015. The objective of this study was to estimate in this region the vaccine effectiveness (VE) in protecting newborns against ...
Bellido Blasco, Juan Bautista +4 more
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Using combined diagnostic test results to hindcast trends of infection from cross-sectional data [PDF]
Infectious disease surveillance is key to limiting the consequences from infectious pathogens and maintaining animal and public health. Following the detection of a disease outbreak, a response in proportion to the severity of the outbreak is required ...
A Casadevall +64 more
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology of whooping cough (review of literature)
The review presents current information on the epidemiological situation with whooping cough during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the post-pandemic period: the dynamics and age structure of the incidence in different countries of the world are shown with ...
N. A. Filaeva +2 more
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OPTIMIZATION OF A METHOD OF ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION (LAMP) FOR DIAGNOSIS OF WHOOPING COUGH
Aim. Optimization of the accelerated whooping cough method of isothermal amplification for DNA Bordetela pertussis. Materials and methods. The research was conducted on 35 standard collection strains and 169 strains of Bordetella allocated in ...
A. S. Pimenova +12 more
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Hyperreactivity of the bronchi in children, whooping cough convalescents
Objective: to assess the presence and degree of bronchial hyperreactivity in convalescents of whooping cough based on the results of bronchial provocation tests.Materials and methods.
Yu. V. Nesterova +2 more
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Whooping cough continues to lead in the group of vaccine-controlled infectious diseases. It is proved that in infants (especially in the first three months of life) patients more often endure severe forms of whooping cough with the development of ...
S. N. Chuprova, I. V. Babachenko
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Changes in the genomic content of circulating Bordetella pertussis strains isolated from the Netherlands, Sweden, Japan and Australia: adaptive evolution or drift? [PDF]
Background Bordetella pertussis is the causative agent of human whooping cough (pertussis) and is particularly severe in infants. Despite worldwide vaccinations, whooping cough remains a public health problem.
Audrey J King +4 more
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Combined course of severe whooping cough with rhinovirus infection and COVID-19 in an early child
Whooping cough does not lose its high importance in infectology. The combination of whooping cough with various viral infections can determine the nature of the disease and the development of complications. Of particular interest in modern conditions are
O. P. Popova +5 more
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Whooping cough in different periods of pregnancy
Aim. To study the clinical course, diagnosis of pertussis in pregnant women. Materials and methods. Under observation were 25 pregnant women with whooping cough. The age structure was dominated by patients from 6 to 35 years old, amounting to 64%.
O. P. Popova +4 more
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Vaccinations During Pregnancy Protect the Mother–Infant Dyad and Are Generally Safe
ABSTRACT Aim Vaccination in pregnancy has a critical impact on mothers, foetuses and infants. The aim of this paper was to summarise key points presented by experts attending the 12th Maria Delivoria‐Papadopoulos Perinatal Symposium in March 2025 and further expand and update them.
Ariadne Malamitsi‐Puchner +2 more
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