Vaccinating women with tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis–inactivated polio virus (Tdap-IPV) during pregnancy in a sub–Saharan African setting was safe, well tolerated and boosted ...

Researchers have generated a mouse model of pertussis, commonly called whooping cough, sufficiently replicating the persistent cough symptom. By studying various bacteria mutants and observing the ...

Scientists love a challenge. Or a friendly competition. Now, scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have recently published the results of a competition that put researchers to the test ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, was once a leading cause of death for children in the U.S. and worldwide before the introduction of vaccines in the 1940s. In the decades since, the bacterial disease was ...

A booster dose of recombinant pertussis vaccines provides sustained immunity in adolescents and young adults even after 5 years, with pertussis toxin (PT)–neutralizing antibody levels remaining 2.5- ...

LYON, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioNet Europe, the French subsidiary of BioNet, a vaccine manufacturer specializing in the development of genetically engineered vaccines, has announced the submission ...

The cacophony of coughs you’ll hear in the coming months will be caused by a mix of respiratory bugs. Some are familiar culprits—the common cold, COVID, the flu—and more recently respiratory syncytial ...

Unimmunized infants are at greatest risk for the potentially serious, even fatal, complications of this disease. New prevention measures are available. Infections with B. pertussis may be overlooked ...

Anticancer effects of polyadenylic-polyuridylic acid (poly[A:U]) and uncoupling of chemokine receptor signaling: Role of CCR5 and CXCR3 No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is an ...

Biological toxins are poisonous substances produced by certain microorganisms, animals, and plants. Examples of toxins of biological origin include Diphtheria Toxin, Tetrodotoxin, Pertussis Toxin, ...