The seroepidemiology of Bordetella pertussis infection in Western Europe
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The seroepidemiology of Bordetella pertussis infection in Western Europe.
High titres of pertussis toxin (PT) antibody have been shown to be predictive of recent infection with Bordetella pertussis. The seroprevalence of standardized anti-PT antibody was determined in six Western European countries between 1994 and 1998 and related to historical surveillance and vaccine programme data. Standardized anti-PT titres were calculated for a series of whole-cell and acellul...
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عنوان ژورنال: Epidemiology and Infection
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0950-2688,1469-4409
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268804003012