Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis (B. pertussis). The infection is difficult to diagnose especially in underserved or resource-limited ...

The authors thank Marie-Jose Quentin-Millet and Sanofi Pasteur for the provision of purified pertussis toxin.

Toxins and invasive amoebas found in marina seabed sediments by University of Gothenburg edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

In recent years, special wash-down areas have been built in marinas to reduce the environmental problems caused by boat bottom paints. An analysis of Hinsholmskilen by the University of Gothenburg ...

Kennedy says US is pulling funding from global vaccine group Gavi The U.S. has contributed $8 billion to vaccine alliance Gavi since 2001.

Data=KCDC Last year, the number of legal infectious diseases increased by 54.5% compared to the previous year. The whooping cough pandemic is behind the surge in infectious diseases. According to the ...

The toxins produced by blue-green algae can interfere with your dog’s liver function, and in some cases, exposure to these toxins can be fatal or cause serious lasting health problems.

Whooping cough, or pertussis, may sound like a disease from the past, but it is making a comeback. Adults are often the ones passing it on.

As part of the outbreak investigation and control effort, a case-control study was conducted to evaluate various aspects of pertussis vaccination in relation to the risk of pertussis.

Although phylogenetic analysis showed that CARDS TX is clustered into the C2-like toxin subgroup, it is generally considered a member of CT-PT-like toxin subgroup, which includes the cholera and ...

New Guinea is home to some of the world’s most toxic birds. Why they contain poison, and how they withstand it is still a source of scientific mystery.

A couple of months ago people were predicting a vaccine for Covid-19 by April. Clearly that was never going to happen - and here's why ...