Importance Parents hesitant to vaccinate their children may delay routine immunizations or
seek exemptions from state vaccine mandates. Recent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable …

Bordetella pertussis–the cause of pertussis or whooping cough–is an exclusively human
pathogen. Disease elimination by vaccination should, therefore, be possible, but has proved …

ABSTRACT A novel multitarget real-time PCR (RT-PCR) assay for the rapid identification of
Bordetella pertussis, B. parapertussis, and B. holmesii was developed using multicopy …

Background: Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a bacterial disease characterized by
paroxysmal cough often accompanied by inspiratory whoop and posttussive emesis …

Schools offer an opportunity to deliver new vaccines to adolescents who may not receive
them in their medical home. However, school budgets and health priorities are set at the …

Pertussis, or whooping cough, has had a dramatic resurgence in the past several years and
is the most common vaccine-preventable disease in the world. The year 2012 marked the …

Background Recombinant pertussis vaccines inducing long-lasting immune responses
could help to control the rise in pertussis. We here report on persisting antibody responses 2 …

As a result of waning immunity and improved awareness, the reported incidence of pertussis
is increasing among adolescents in the United States. Symptoms of pertussis are often mild …

This Policy Statement was retired June 2012. The purpose of this statement is to provide the
rationale and recommendations for adolescent use of tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria …

Background: The reported incidence of pertussis is increasing, especially among the
adolescent population. Current outbreak management strategies include investigating …