Yulanda M Williamson, Hercules Moura, Jennifer Whitmon, Adrian R Woolfitt, David M Schieltz, Jon C Rees, Stephanie Guo, Heather Kirkham, Daniel Bouck, Edwin W Ades, Maria Lucia Tondella, George M Carlone, Jacquelyn S Sampson, John R Barr
Bordetella pertussis (Bp) is the etiologic agent of pertussis (whooping cough), a highly communicable infection. Although pertussis is vaccine preventable, in recent years there has been increased incidence, despite high vaccine coverage. Possible reasons for the rise in cases include the following: Bp strain adaptation, waning vaccine immunity, increased surveillance, and improved clinical diagnostics. A pertussis outbreak impacted California (USA) in 2010; children and preadolescents were the most affected but the burden of disease fell mainly on infants...
2015: International Journal of Proteomics