Estimating the duration of pertussis immunity using epidemiological signatures.

Case notifications of pertussis have shown an increase in a number of countries with high rates of routine pediatric immunization. This has led to significant public health concerns over a possible pertussis re-emergence. A leading proposed explanation for the observed increase in incidence is the l...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Helen J Wearing, Pejman Rohani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-10-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2763266?pdf=render