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Open AccessSafety and effectiveness of acellular pertussis vaccination during pregnancy: a systematic review
Infants < 3 months of age are at highest risk for develo** severe complications after pertussis. The majority of pregnant women has low concentrations of pertussis-specific antibodies and thus newborns are i...
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Open AccessProspective hospital-based case–control study to assess the effectiveness of pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 vaccination and risk factors for hospitalization in 2009–2010 using matched hospital and test-negative controls
We performed a case–control study to estimate vaccine effectiveness (VE) for prevention of hospitalization due to pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 (pH1N1) and to identify risk factors for pH1N1 and acute respir...
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Open AccessThe epidemiology of pertussis in Germany: past and present
Current and past pertussis epidemiology in the two parts of Germany is compared in the context of different histories of vaccination recommendations and coverage to better understand patterns of disease transm...
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Open AccessA super-spreading ewe infects hundreds with Q fever at a farmers' market in Germany
In May 2003 the Soest County Health Department was informed of an unusually large number of patients hospitalized with atypical pneumonia.