Pertussis is a highly contagious bacterial infection that is widely considered to be a disease of childhood – but what is the impact of pertussis in the adult population? 

Host, Liana Clark, meets with leading experts in the field to delve deeper into the impact of pertussis infection in adults and explore how vaccination can protect them against this disease.

Pertussis: EXPOSED is developed and funded by Sanofi, and these podcasts are intended for a healthcare professional audience. 

Expert guests:

Dr Scott Halperin, Dalhousie University, IWK Health Centre, Canada

Tanya Heeraman-Ray, Patient, Australia

Prof. Ulrich Heininger, The University Children’s Hospital Basel, Switzerland

Dr Daphne Holt, Coalition for Life-Course Immunisation, France

Dr Donald Middleton, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, United States

Elizabeth Sobczyk, The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, United States

Prof. Carl Heinz Wirsing von König, University of Düsseldorf, Germany