The Role of the Aceullular Pertussis Vaccine and the Comeback of 'Pertussis Pete'?

Pertussis or whooping cough is an acute infectious disease of the respiratory tract caused principally by Bordetella pertussis and less commonly by Bordetella parapertussis (1). Until two decades ago, pertussis in adults was a medical curiosity (2-4), but with the purification of specific...

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Main Authors: John M Conly, B Lynn Johnston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2001-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/839183
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