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Circulation of pertussis and poor protection against diphtheria among middle-aged adults in 18 European countries

Authors :
Guy Berbers
Pieter van Gageldonk
Jan van de Kassteele
Ursula Wiedermann
Isabelle Desombere
Tine Dalby
Julie Toubiana
Sotirios Tsiodras
Ildikó Paluska Ferencz
Kathryn Mullan
Algirdas Griskevicius
Tatjana Kolupajeva
Didrik Frimann Vestrheim
Paula Palminha
Odette Popovici
Lena Wehlin
Tamara Kastrin
Lucia Maďarová
Helen Campbell
Csaba Ködmön
Sabrina Bacci
Alex-Mikael Barkoff
Qiushui He
the Serosurveillance Study Team
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2021.

Abstract

Recent outbreaks of pertussis have highlighted the importance of surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases. Here, the authors performed a cross-sectional seroprevalence study of pertussis, diphtheria, and tetanus in Europe and found evidence of circulation of pertussis in middle-aged adults.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
12
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.479e7bb789a4406a909a0dc159c08fd2
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23114-y