Fighting pertussis re-emergence: promise from vaccination in pregnancy

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Antonio Cassone. Pathog Glob Health. 2014 Dec.

. 2014 Dec;108(8):347-8.

doi: 10.1179/2047772414Z.000000000238.

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A case-control study to estimate the effectiveness of maternal pertussis vaccination in protecting newborn infants in England and Wales, 2012-2013.
Dabrera G, Amirthalingam G, Andrews N, Campbell H, Ribeiro S, Kara E, Fry NK, Ramsay M. Dabrera G, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Feb 1;60(3):333-7. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu821. Epub 2014 Oct 19. Clin Infect Dis. 2015. PMID: 25332078

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