AM Barkoff, K Gröndahl-Yli-Hannuksela… - Pathogens and …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Bordetella pertussis is a pathogen-causing whooping cough (pertussis) in humans. Although vaccination against the disease is effective, the bacterium is still circulating among …
JD Cherry, T Tan, CH Wirsing von König… - Clinical Infectious …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
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 …
M Gambhir, TA Clark, S Cauchemez… - PLoS computational …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
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 …
M Campins, D Moreno-Pérez, A Gil-de Miguel… - … y Microbiología Clínica, 2013 - Elsevier
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 …
A Moore, A Harnden, CC Grant, S Patel, RS Irwin… - Chest, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …