A change in vaccine efficacy and duration of protection explains recent rises in pertussis incidence in the United States.
Over the past ten years the incidence of pertussis in the United States (U.S.) has risen steadily, with 2012 seeing the highest case number since 1955. There has also been a shift over the same time period in the age group reporting the largest number of cases (aside from infants), from adolescents...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-04-01
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Series: | PLoS Computational Biology |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4408109?pdf=render |