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SUBMITTER: Blackwood JC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3677483 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Blackwood Julie C JC Cummings Derek A T DA Broutin Hélène H Iamsirithaworn Sopon S Rohani Pejman P
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20130520 23
Pertussis is a highly infectious respiratory disease that is currently responsible for nearly 300,000 annual deaths worldwide, primarily in infants in developing countries. Despite sustained high vaccine uptake, a resurgence in pertussis incidence has been reported in a number of countries. This resurgence has led to critical questions regarding the transmission impacts of vaccination and pertussis immunology. We analyzed pertussis incidence in Thailand--both age-stratified and longitudinal aggr ...[more]