The introduction of vaccination in the 1950s significantly reduced the morbidity and mortality
of pertussis. However, since the 1990s, a resurgence of pertussis has been observed in …

Bordetella pertussis is a pathogen-causing whooping cough (pertussis) in humans.
Although vaccination against the disease is effective, the bacterium is still circulating among …

Existing clinical case definitions of pertussis are decades old and based largely on clinical
presentation in infants and children, yet an increasing burden is borne by adolescents and …

Over the past ten years the incidence of pertussis in the United States (US) has risen
steadily, with 2012 seeing the highest case number since 1955. There has also been a shift …

Background: Bordetella pertussis (BP) is a common cause of prolonged cough. Our
objective was to perform an updated systematic review of the clinical diagnosis of BP without …

En los últimos años se está observando una reemergencia de la tos ferina en los países con
amplias coberturas vacunales, con la aparición de brotes importantes. Este aumento de la …

现已认识到百日咳是一个影响全年龄段人群的疾病， 现行不分年龄段的“一刀切”
式的诊断标准存在明显局限性， 不利于及时地开始个体治疗和阻断传播的工作 …

Background The decision to treat a suspected case of pertussis with antibiotics is usually
based on a clinical diagnosis rather than waiting for laboratory confirmation. The current …

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is caused by the Gram negative bacterium
Bordetella pertussis. 1 It is transmitted via airborne droplets and is highly infectious. 2 …

This module is part of the WHO series The Immunological Basis for Immunization, which was
initially developed in 1993 as a set of eight modules, comprising one module on general …