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About This Series
Pertussis – or whooping cough – has resurged in many parts of the world. The incidence of this traumatic and potentially fatal disease declined dramatically following the introduction of pertussis vaccines into national immunization programs more than 50 years ago. But the number of reported cases has increased significantly in recent years in Europe, the United States, and other parts of the world.
Pertussis – or whooping cough – has resurged in many parts of the world. The incidence of this traumatic and potentially fatal disease declined dramatically following the introduction of pertussis vaccines into national immunization programs more than 50 years ago. But the number of reported cases has increased significantly in recent years in Europe, the United States, and other parts of the world.
Host
Ulrich Heininger, MD
Professor, University of Basel Children's Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Faculty
Tina Q. Tan, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical Director, International Patient Services Program, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
Carl-Heinz Wirsing von König, MD, PhD
Professor, Clinical Microbiology, University of Düsseldorf, and HELIOS Klinikum, Krefeld, Germany
Federico Martinón-Torres, MD, PhD
Head, Translational Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases Section, Pediatrics Department, Hospital Clinico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela; Coordinator, Genetics Vaccines Infections and Pediatrics Research Group (GENVIP), Healthcare Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
