Bordetella pertussis

Bordetella pertussis

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Other Authors: Weiss, Alison Ann (Speaker)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2009.
Series:Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection. Molecular basis of bacterial infection.
Subjects:
Bacterial Infections.
Bordetella pertussis.
Online Access:https://hstalks.com/bs/1467/
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents: Pertussis: a medical success story and the limits of medical success
  • Pertussis is the only vaccine-preventable disease that is increasing in incidence in the USA
  • Pertussis is cyclic
  • Pertussis vaccine and its efficacy
  • Vaccine prevents disease not carriage
  • Immunization does not yield life-long immunity
  • Human to human transmission by respiratory droplets
  • Classical whooping cough and chronic coughing disease
  • Pertussis is two diseases
  • B. pertussis is a strict human pathogen
  • Virulence factors of Bordetella pertussis
  • Pertussis toxin
  • Adhesins
  • Composition of acellular pertussis vaccine
  • Anti-toxin, anti-adherence and bactericidal antibodies
  • Opsono-phagocytosis
  • Role of complement in immunity to B. pertussis.

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