Whooping Cough Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Whooping Cough, including details on symptoms, treatment, vaccines, causes, outbreaks.

Volume 1 (2004), Issue 3 (December)

1. New pertussis vaccination strategies beyond infancy: recommendations by the global pertussis initiative.
   Clin Infect Dis, 39(12): 1802-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Prevalence of antibody to Bordetella pertussis antigens in serum specimens obtained from 1793 adolescents and adults.
   Clin Infect Dis, 39(11): 1715-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Societal costs and morbidity of pertussis in adolescents and adults.
   Clin Infect Dis, 39(11): 1572-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Asthma and sensitization in a community with low indoor allergen levels and low pet-keeping frequency.
   J Allergy Clin Immunol, 114(6): 1389-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Antigenic divergence suggested by correlation between antigenic variation and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profiles of Bordetella pertussis isolates in Japan.
   J Clin Microbiol, 42(12): 5453-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. The diphtheria and pertussis components of diphtheria-tetanus toxoids-pertussis vaccine should be genetically inactivated mutant toxins.
   J Infect Dis, 191(1): 81-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. John Darwall MD: Birmingham's forgotten children's physician.
   Arch Dis Child, 90(1): 60-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Whole-cell pertussis vaccine protects against Bordetella pertussis exacerbation of allergic asthma.
   Immunol Lett, 97(1): 91-100. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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