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| Title |
Estimating the Duration of Pertussis Immunity Using Epidemiological Signatures
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| Published in |
PLoS Pathogens, October 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000647 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Helen J. Wearing, Pejman Rohani |
| Abstract |
Case notifications of pertussis have shown an increase in a number of countries with high rates of routine pediatric immunization. This has led to significant public health concerns over a possible pertussis re-emergence. A leading proposed explanation for the observed increase in incidence is the loss of immunity to pertussis, which is known to occur after both natural infection and vaccination. Little is known, however, about the typical duration of immunity and its epidemiological implications. Here, we analyze a simple mathematical model, exploring specifically the inter-epidemic period and fade-out frequency. These predictions are then contrasted with detailed incidence data for England and Wales. We find model output to be most sensitive to assumptions concerning naturally acquired immunity, which allows us to estimate the average duration of immunity. Our results support a period of natural immunity that is, on average, long-lasting (at least 30 years) but inherently variable. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 67% |
| Australia | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 1 | 17% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 2 | 33% |
| Scientists | 1 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 143 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 5 | 3% |
| Australia | 4 | 3% |
| France | 3 | 2% |
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Korea, Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | 1% |
| Unknown | 122 | 85% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 35 | 24% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 30 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 11 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 34 | 24% |
| Unknown | 10 | 7% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 33 | 23% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 26 | 18% |
| Mathematics | 22 | 15% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 14 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 20 | 14% |
| Unknown | 24 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 May 2018.
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#3,112,361
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from PLoS Pathogens
#2,895
of 9,467 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#11,213
of 108,322 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLoS Pathogens
#12
of 75 outputs
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