Enhanced Bordetella pertussis acquisition rate in adolescents during the 2012 epidemic in the Netherlands and evidence for prolonged antibody persistence after infection

In 2012 a large epidemic of pertussis occurred in the Netherlands. We assessed pertussis toxin (PT) antibody levels in longitudinal serum samples from Dutch 10–18 year-olds, encompassing the epidemic, to investigate pertussis infection incidence. Methods: Blood was sampled in October 2011 (n = 239 a...

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Autores principales: van der Lee, Saskia, Stoof, Susanne P., van Ravenhorst, Mariette B., van Gageldonk, Pieter G.M., van der Maas, Nicoline A.T., Sanders, Elisabeth A.M., Buisman, Anne-Marie, Berbers, Guy A.M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5710659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29183555
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.47.17-00011

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5710659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29183555
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.47.17-00011

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