… -N with a neutral imine-N donor atom (Figure 2). Both carboxamido-N and imine-N donors
… two carboxamido-N donors in the equatorial plane with a neutral pyridine-N bound trans to …

Bordetella pertussis-specific antibodies can be detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent
assays (ELISAs) or multiplex immunoassays. Assays use purified or mixed antigens, and …

Pertussis is an acute respiratory disease caused by Bordetella pertussis. Due to its frequency
and severity, prevention of pertussis has been considered an important public health issue …

… d*/n, will on average contain one object, so the total number in this square using all usable
origins is about (n - … In this case n 3d/n = 216, and the total number of origins required is about …

Background Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria meningitidis,
which are typically transmitted via respiratory droplets, are leading causes of invasive …

For bacterial typing to be useful, the development, validation and appropriate application of
typing methods must follow unified criteria. Over a decade ago, ESGEM, the ESCMID (…

Background In October, 2012, a pertussis vaccination programme for pregnant women was
introduced in response to an outbreak across England. We aimed to assess the vaccine …

Background Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) have substantially reduced the
incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease caused by vaccine serotypes; however, …

Background. Infants with pertussis infection are at risk of severe clinical illness and death.
Several countries, including the United Kingdom, have introduced maternal pertussis …

A previously described sequence-based epidemiological typing method for clinical and
environmental isolates of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 was extended by the …