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 4 (2007), Issue 3 (March)

1. Development of a real-time PCR for the identification of Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis.
   Clin Microbiol Infect, 13(4): 419-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Prevention of pertussis: recommendations derived from the second Global Pertussis Initiative roundtable meeting.
   Vaccine, 25(14): 2634-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Epidemiological shift in the prevalence of pertussis in Taiwan: implications for pertussis vaccination.
   J Med Microbiol, 56: 533-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Pertussis toxin targets airway macrophages to promote Bordetella pertussis infection of the respiratory tract.
   Infect Immun, 75(4): 1713-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Different mechanisms of vaccine-induced and infection-induced immunity to Bordetella bronchiseptica.
   Microbes Infect, 9(4): 442-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Resource consumption in the infection control management of pertussis exposure among healthcare workers in pediatrics.
   Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 28(4): 412-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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