Pneumonia remains the leading cause of death in children outside the neonatal period,
despite advances in prevention and management. Over the last 20 years, there has been a …

Pregnancy and the postpartum period are associated with elevated risks to both mother and
infant from infectious disease. Vaccination of pregnant women, also called maternal …

Seasonal epidemics of influenza and the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are the cause of
substantial morbidity and mortality among children. During the global coronavirus disease …

Extremely contagious pathogens are a global biosecurity threat because of their high
burden of morbidity and mortality, as well as their capacity for fast-moving epidemics that are …

The resurgence of pertussis over the past decades has resulted in incidence levels not
witnessed in the United States since the 1950s. The underlying causes have been the …

A key goal of pertussis control is to protect infants too young to be vaccinated, the age group
most vulnerable to this highly contagious respiratory infection. In the last decade, maternal …

Background Interventions to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic may impact other respiratory
diseases. Aims We aimed to study the course of pertussis in France over an 8-year period …

Pertussis is resurgent in some countries, particularly those in which children receive
acellular pertussis (aP) vaccines in early infancy and boosters later in life. Immunologic …

With birth, the newborn is transferred from a quasi-sterile environment to the outside world.
At this time, the neonatal immune system is inexperienced and continuously subject to a …

The resurgence and changing epidemiology of pertussis in high-income countries, the high
infant mortality caused by pertussis in low-income countries, and the increasing morbidity in …