Pertussis in Italy: how to protect the "unprotectable"?

Pertussis in Italy: how to protect the "unprotectable"?

Whooping cough continues to be an important public health issue despite high levels of vaccination coverage with acellular pertussis vaccine. Young unimmunized infants represent the most vulnerable group with the highest rates of complications and death. As infant-specific pertussis epidemiologic da...

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Veröffentlicht in:Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics 2021-04, Vol.17 (4), p.1136-1141
Hauptverfasser: Fiasca, Fabiana, Necozione, Stefano, Mattei, Antonella
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
infants
Pertussis
pregnancy
Research Paper
vaccine
whooping cough
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Zusammenfassung:Whooping cough continues to be an important public health issue despite high levels of vaccination coverage with acellular pertussis vaccine. Young unimmunized infants represent the most vulnerable group with the highest rates of complications and death. As infant-specific pertussis epidemiologic data, especially among neonates, in Italy were limited, a retrospective observational study of hospitalizations for whooping cough in Italian infants aged
ISSN:2164-5515
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DOI:10.1080/21645515.2020.1806673