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. 2012 May;20(5):211-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2012.03.003. Epub 2012 Apr 9.

Pertussis control: time for something new?

Thomas A Clark  1 , Nancy E Messonnier, Stephen C Hadler
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Pertussis control: time for something new?

Thomas A Clark et al. Trends Microbiol. 2012 May.

Abstract

Childhood acellular pertussis vaccines were licensed and implemented in the US in the 1990s following an effort to improve on the safety profile of whole-cell vaccines. However, waning of immunity from acellular vaccines may be driving the recent resurgence of pertussis, raising the need to consider new prevention strategies.

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