The Pertussis Problem and a Possible Solution

Sawyer, Mark H.

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.0157

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“…The recent trend of pertussis has significantly increased in many countries, specifically among adolescents and adults due to several factors such as advanced detection method and impermanence of immunity against Bordetella pertussis infection [1,8,9]. However, unrecognized adult pertussis is also a significant factor contributing to the rise of pertussis cases among infants and children who are at more significant risks in developing more serious complications and even fatal infection [3,4,10,11].…”

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Pertussis among a Public University Students in Malaysia

Basir

Rahman

Haque

2020

Pesqui. Bras. Odontopediatria Clín. Integr.

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To study the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) regarding pertussis among students in a public university in Malaysia. Material and Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study using convenience sampling to recruit 171 respondents. The data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire comprised of four different parts: the socio-demographic data, the knowledge, the attitude and the practice towards the prevention of pertussis. The data were analyzed using correlation, independent ttest, and ANOVA according to the different study objectives and types of data. Results: More than half of the respondents (67.8%) indicated that they had heard about pertussis. The school or university (59.6%) was the most common source of information, followed by Internet (46.2%). The most of the respondents (43.9%) possessed moderate knowledge regarding pertussis and knew that Bordetella pertussis is the causative agent of pertussis (76.0%). A significant positive correlation between knowledge regarding pertussis with age (p=0.023) was observed, however, there was no association between age with attitude and practice (p=0.272 and 0.131, respectively). Gender and marital status did not influence the KAP regarding pertussis; nevertheless, significantly different between different faculties. Conclusion: Students from the Faculty of Medicine had the highest knowledge scores, while the students from the Faculty of Nursing had the most top attitude and practice scores compared to students from another faculty. The students from the public university generally had a good level of KAP regarding pertussis.

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Pertussis among a Public University Students in Malaysia

Basir

Rahman

Haque

2020

Pesqui. Bras. Odontopediatria Clín. Integr.

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Pertussis: Biology, epidemiology and prevention

Saadatian‐Elahi

Plotkin

Mills

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Use of acellular pertussis vaccines in the United States: can we do better?

Klein

Zerbo

2017

Expert Review of Vaccines

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Despite robust vaccination schedules and high vaccination rates, many countries, including the U.S., have seen large pertussis outbreaks with a shift in recent years in the distribution of disease burden towards adolescents and young adults. Areas covered: This perspective covers problems related to the increased incidence of pertussis among adolescents. Because the Tdap vaccine only protects against pertussis for 1-2 years after vaccination, we propose a new strategy which aims to optimize the benefit of Tdap in adolescents. Expert commentary: Current pertussis vaccination schedules are based on age and have not been effective at protecting adolescents and teenagers from pertussis outbreaks. An alternative to the current practice would be to take advantage of the cyclical nature of pertussis outbreaks. Rather than immunizing children and adolescent solely based on age regardless of risk of pertussis at that moment, perhaps we should consider a 'timed' Tdap. The goal would be to administer Tdap to susceptible adolescents and young adults during periods when there is a greater risk of being exposed to pertussis. This approach would optimize the use of an effective, but short-lived vaccine by maximizing protection at the time of increased risk.

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The Pertussis Problem and a Possible Solution

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Pertussis among a Public University Students in Malaysia

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Pertussis among a Public University Students in Malaysia

Pertussis: Biology, epidemiology and prevention

Use of acellular pertussis vaccines in the United States: can we do better?

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