Reply to Domenech de Cellès et al.: Infection and transmission of pertussis in the baboon model

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Jason M Warfel et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014.

. 2014 Feb 18;111(7):E718.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1324074111.

No abstract available

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Acellular pertussis vaccines protect against disease but fail to prevent infection and transmission in a nonhuman primate model.
Warfel JM, Zimmerman LI, Merkel TJ. Warfel JM, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Jan 14;111(2):787-92. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1314688110. Epub 2013 Nov 25. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014. PMID: 24277828 Free PMC article.
Epidemiological evidence for herd immunity induced by acellular pertussis vaccines.
Domenech de Cellès M, Riolo MA, Magpantay FM, Rohani P, King AA. Domenech de Cellès M, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Feb 18;111(7):E716-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1323795111. Epub 2014 Feb 10. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014. PMID: 24516173 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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