Highlights of the 14th International Bordetella Symposium

ABSTRACT Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a highly contagious and acute respiratory illness caused primarily by the gram-negative coccobacillus Bordetella pertussis. Despite near-universal vaccination, pertussis remains one of the least-controlled vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. Since 2023,...

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Published in:	mSphere
Main Authors:	Kevin Munoz Navarrete, Kathryn M. Edwards, Kingston H. G. Mills, Jana Kamanová, María Eugenia Rodriguez, Andrew Gorringe, Andrew Preston, Beate Kampmann, Monica C. Gestal, Eric T. Harvill, Purnima Dubey, Dimitri A. Diavatopoulos, Seema Mattoo, Karen M. Scanlon, Camille Locht, Peter Sebo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Society for Microbiology 2025-06-01
Subjects:	Bordetella pertussis vaccines epidemiology pathogenesis virulence toxins
Online Access:	https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00189-25