Incidence and reproduction numbers of pertussis
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 08:00
in Health & Medicine
Analyses of serological and social contact data from five European countries by Mirjam Kretzschmar and colleagues show that childhood vaccination against Bordetella pertussis (whooping cough) has shifted the burden of infection from children to adolescents and adults. Adolescents and adults rarely develop severe pertussis...