Acellular Pertussis Vaccines and Pertussis Resurgence: Revise or Replace?
ABSTRACT The resurgence of pertussis (whooping cough) in countries with high vaccination coverage is alarming and invites reconsideration of the use of current acellular pertussis (aP) vaccines, which have largely replaced the old, reactogenic, whole-cell pertussis (wP) vaccine. Some drawbacks of th...
Main Authors: | Clara Maria Ausiello, Antonio Cassone |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2014-07-01
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Series: | mBio |
Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01339-14 |
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