Journal
VACCINE
Volume 30, Issue 48, Pages 6745-6752Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.08.079
Keywords
Pertussis; Whooping cough; Bordetella pertussis; Elderly vaccination
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- Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Training Fellowship
- GSK
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Pertussis or whooping cough is increasingly being shown to be a respiratory infection affecting the elderly and a significant percentage of older people infected with Bordetella pertussis experience considerable morbidity and even mortality. However, current knowledge of burden of disease is limited largely to passive surveillance data with little well-designed active surveillance to better ascertain the true burden of pertussis in the elderly, to inform vaccination strategies. The current review aims to identify gaps in knowledge to inform policy considerations relating to pertussis vaccination among the elderly. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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