The Use of Innovative Two-Component Cluster Analysis and Serodiagnostic Cut-Off Methods to Estimate Prevalence of Pertussis Reinfections.

Autor: Inonge van Twillert, Axel A Bonačić Marinović, Jacqueline A M van Gaans-van den Brink, Betsy Kuipers, Guy A M Berbers, Nicoline A T van der Maas, Theo J M Verheij, Florens G A Versteegh, Peter F M Teunis, Cécile A C M van Els

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 2, p e0148507 (2016)

Bordetella pertussis circulates even in highly vaccinated countries affecting all age groups. Insight into the scale of concealed reinfections is important as they may contribute to transmission. We therefore investigated whether current single-point

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Loss of multi-epitope specificity in memory CD4(+) T cell responses to B. pertussis with age.

Autor: Wanda G H Han, Inonge van Twillert, Martien C M Poelen, Kina Helm, Jan van de Kassteele, Theo J M Verheij, Florens G A Versteegh, Claire J P Boog, Cécile A C M van Els

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 12, p e83583 (2013)

Pertussis is still occurring in highly vaccinated populations, affecting individuals of all ages. Long-lived Th1 CD4(+) T cells are essential for protective immunity against pertussis. For better understanding of the limited immunological memory to B

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Maternal pertussis vaccination and its effects on the immune response of infants aged up to 12 months in the Netherlands

Autor: Elisabeth A. M. Sanders, Marlies A. van Houten, Daan Barug, Mirjain J. Knol, Inge Pronk, Jan van de Kassteele, Florens G. A. Versteegh, Nynke Y. Rots, Guy A. M. Berbers

Publikováno v: The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 19(4), 392. Lancet Publishing Group
Lancet Infectious Diseases, 19(4), 392-401. ELSEVIER SCI LTD

Background Maternal tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination offers protection for neonates against clinical pertussis until primary vaccinations, but maternal antibodies also interfere with infants' immune responses to primary

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https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30717-5

Pertussis hospitalizations among term and preterm infants: clinical course and vaccine effectiveness

Autor: Florens G. A. Versteegh, Anneke Westerhof, Elisabeth A. M. Sanders, Nicoline A.T. van der Maas, Hester E. de Melker, Albertine Baauw

Publikováno v: BMC Infectious Diseases, 19(1):919. BMC
BMC Infectious Diseases
BMC Infectious Diseases, 19(1). BioMed Central
BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2019)

BackgroundPertussis causes severe disease in young unvaccinated infants, with preterms potentially at highest risk. We studied pertussis in hospitalized infants as related to gestational age (GA) and vaccination history.MethodsMedical record data of

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https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/d56fb1c1-54a4-4e63-9dba-2afc2ab19d54

The presentation of a short adapted questionnaire to measure asthma knowledge of parents

Autor: Yasmine I. Ahmad, Hendrik M. Koopman, Maaike M. A. Franken, Florens G. A. Versteegh, Monique Theodora Maria Veenstra-van Schie

Publikováno v: BMC Pediatrics, 18(14). BMC
BMC Pediatrics, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2018)
BMC Pediatrics

Background: The aim of this study is to establish asthma knowledge of parents of children (0-18 years) with asthma at the outpatient clinic.Methods: A translated and adapted a 21 item Likert type 5 point scale questionnaire (Cronbach's alpha-coeffici

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https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/36d4c1fa-92cf-435a-ac48-0cc0e12014eb