Pertussis is a severe respiratory infection caused by Bordetella pertussis, and in 2008,
pertussis was associated with an estimated 16 million cases and 195,000 deaths globally …

Pertussis, a highly contagious respiratory infection, remains a public health priority despite
the availability of vaccines for 70 years. Still a leading cause of mortality in developing …

Background The recent increase in whooping cough incidence (primarily caused by
Bordetella pertussis) presents a challenge to both public health practitioners and scientists …

Introduction: Pertussis (whooping cough) is a vaccine-preventable disease; however,
neither natural-nor vaccine-induced protection is life-long. Although generally not severe in …

We study the direct and spillover effects of state requirements that middle school youths
obtain a tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap) booster prior to middle school entry. These …

We undertook an epidemiological survey of the annual incidence of pertussis reported from
2000 to 2013 in ten Central and Eastern European countries to ascertain whether increased …

Maternal antibodies provide short-term protection to infants against many infections.
However, they can inhibit de novo antibody responses in infants elicited by infections or …

The aim of this chapter is to show how we can use fractional calculus to model a problem in
epidemiology. We start our chapter by presenting the rst use of mathematical tools to solve …

Bordetella pertussis causes whooping cough in humans, a highly transmissible respiratory
disease life threatening for unvaccinated infants. Vaccination strategies were thus …

Background Acellular pertussis vaccine studies postulate that waning protection, particularly
after the adolescent booster, is a major contributor to the increasing US pertussis incidence …