Bordetella pertussis [electronic resource] / Alison Weiss.
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FilmSeries: Henry Stewart talksBiomedical & life sciences collection. Molecular basis of bacterial infection: Publisher: London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2009Description: 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (34 min.) : color, sound)Subject(s): Bacterial Infections | Bordetella pertussisOnline resources: Click here to access online | Series Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration.
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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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