title: Pertussis: pertussis control strategies and the options for improving current vaccines.
abstract: Pertussis is resurgent in many countries, perhaps owing in part to waning immunity after acellular pertussis vaccination. We consider the options for improving current vaccines as well as other strategies to control pertussis.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, 4650 Wismer Road, Doylestown, PA 18902, USA.
authors.forename: Stanley A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Plotkin
mesh_terms: D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D010567:Pertussis Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D010567:Pertussis Vaccine
keywords: Th1; adjuvant; pertactin; pertussis; pertussis toxin