Category Archives: waning pertussis immunity

Waning pertussis immunity in England/Wales, and bad reporting in Australia A new study has come out from the UK, assessing the case for the National Health Service adding an adolescent booster of the pertussis vaccine to the schedule. I’m sure … Continue reading →

Posted on June 26, 2014 by kill3rtcell | 1 Comment

Whooping cough bacterium loses expression of a key vaccine target

Posted on April 23, 2014 by kill3rtcell

This post is a discussion of the April 2014 study showing Australian pertussis bacteria to be losing expression of the vaccine target pertactin. The post describing the evidence that the pertussis vaccine does not increase susceptibility to parapertussis is here. … Continue reading →

Posted in acellular pertussis, Acellular pertussis vaccine, Bordetella pertussis, Pertactin, Pertussis, Pertussis immunisation, Pertussis vaccination, Vaccination, waning immunity, waning pertussis immunity, Whooping cough, whooping cough immunisation, whooping cough vaccine | 4 Comments

‘Vaccine resistant’ pertussis – in a way, yes. In a more accurate way, no.

Posted on February 24, 2013 by kill3rtcell

This post is a discussion of the February 2013 report from Philadelphia that the pertussis bacterium may be losing expression of the vaccine target protein pertactin, and the implications of such a loss. A discussion of the April 2014 paper that found most … Continue reading →

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