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Open AccessZika virus vertical transmission in children with confirmed antenatal exposure
We report Zika virus (ZIKV) vertical transmission in 130 infants born to PCR+ mothers at the time of the Rio de Janeiro epidemic of 2015–2016. Serum and urine collected from birth through the first year of lif...
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Delayed childhood neurodevelopment and neurosensory alterations in the second year of life in a prospective cohort of ZIKV-exposed children
We report neurodevelopmental outcomes in 216 infants followed since the time of PCR-confirmed maternal Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in pregnancy during the Rio de Janeiro epidemic of 2015–2016 (refs. 1,2). Neurode...
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The History of Pertussis (Whoo** Cough); 1906–2015: Facts, Myths, and Misconceptions
Pertussis and Bordetella pertussis infections since 1906 are reviewed with an attempt to address facts, myths, and misconceptions. Clinical pertussis is a noninflammatory illness which occurs without fever or pro...
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Open AccessEvidence of Bordetella pertussis infection in vaccinated 1-year-old Danish children
We measured IgA and IgG antibodies to pertussis toxin (PT) and filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) in sera from 203 1-year-old children who had received one to three doses of a monocomponent PT toxoid vaccine. Ten...
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Recognition and Management of Encephalitis in Children
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How Can We Eradicate Pertussis
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Quadrivalent Human Vaccine-A Call to Action and for Additional Research
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SARS: The First Pandemic of the 21st Century
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Long-term clinical effectiveness of an acellular pertussis component vaccine and a whole cell pertussis component vaccine
The objective of this open study was to monitor the long-term effectiveness of the Lederle-Takeda diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis antigen(s) (DTaP) vaccine and the Wyeth-Lederle diphthe...
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The Frequency of Serologic Evidence of Bordetella Infections and Mixed Infections with Other Respiratory Pathogens in University Students with Cough Illnesses
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The Comparison of Single Serum Antibody Values Against B. pertussis, C. pneumoniae, and M. pneumoniae Antigens in Active Duty American Soldiers in Korea Who Had Prolonged Cough Illnesses (Cases) with Similar Antibody Values in Sera from Well Active Duty Soldiers in Hawaii (Controls)
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The Comparative Efficacy of the Lederle/Takeda Acellular Pertussis Component DTaP Vaccine and Lederle Whole-Cell Component DTP Vaccine in German Infants Following Household Exposure • 846
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The Effect of Observer Bias in Pertussis Vaccine Efficacy Trials. • 436
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An Efficacy Trial in Erlangen, Germany in Infants Who Received Either the Lederle/Takeda Acellular Pertussis Component DTP Vaccine (DTaP) or the Lederle Whole-Cell Component DTP Vaccine (DTP). • 714
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EFFECT OF HEAT INACTIVATION OF SERUM ON BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS ANTIBODY DETERMINATION BY ELISA. † 1052
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The In Vitro Growth and Serial Passage of RA 27/3 Rubella Vaccine Virus in Cord Blood Mononuclear Leukocytes from Normal Babies
ABSTRACT: Because of our inability to isolate rubella virus from peripheral blood lymphocytes from patients with chronic symptoms after rubella immunization we performed a series of experiments with cord blood...
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Metabolic and Hematologic Effects and Immune Complex Formation Related to Pertussis Immunization
ABSTRACT: Selected metabolic, hematologic, and immunologic functions were evaluated in 3- to 6-mo-old Finish infants who received whole-cell pertussis-component diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vac...
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DTP VACCINE REACTIONS: EFFECT OF PRIOR REACTIONS ON RATE OF SUBSEQUENT REACTIONS
It is generally presumed that children who have had reactions to DTP immunization will be more likely to have similar or more severe reactions upon subsequent immunization. To evaluate this contention, we stud...
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94 THE EFFECT OF AGE OF ADMINISTRATION OF MEASLES VACCINE ON COMPLIANCE
In June 1976 the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended that the time for routine measles immunization be changed from 12 months to 15 months of age. This policy cha...
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460 TEMPORAL ASSOCIATION BETWEEN DTP VACCINATION AND SIDS
Because DTP, a reactogenic vaccine, is routinely given at two, four and six months of age, the period of highest incidence of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), this study was undertaken to determine if ther...
