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New life into pertussis prevention

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A respiratory vaccine platform shows promise against pertussis (whooping cough) by providing sterilizing immunity and generating local mucosal immunity. This approach could potentially solve the inability of current vaccines to prevent transmission.

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Fig. 1: Comparative immune responses of pertussis vaccine strategies.

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  1. Center for Vaccine Innovation, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA

    Ricardo da Silva Antunes & Alessandro Sette

  2. Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

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da Silva Antunes, R., Sette, A. New life into pertussis prevention. Nat Microbiol 10, 3045–3046 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-025-02169-3

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