Sources of pertussis infection in young babies from São Paulo State, Brazil.
| Autor: | Berezin EN; From the *Pediatric Infectious Diseases; †Epidemiology Department-Faculdade de Ciencias Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, School Medicine of Santa Casa de São Paulo; ‡Laboratory for Pertussis-Instituto Adolfo Lutz-State Secretary Office of Health; §Division of Respiratory Diseases, Epidemiological Vigilance Center, State Secretary Office of Health; ¶Instituto Adolfo Lutz MSci-Instituto Adolfo Lutz-State Secretary Office of Health; and ‖Sanofi Pasteur, Sao Paulo, Brazil., de Moraes JC, Leite D, Carvalhanas TR, Yu AL, Blanco RM, Rodrigues M, Almeida FJ, Bricks LF |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | The Pediatric infectious disease journal [Pediatr Infect Dis J] 2014 Dec; Vol. 33 (12), pp. 1289-91. |
| DOI: | 10.1097/INF.0000000000000424 |
| Abstrakt: | Household contacts are important sources of Bordetella pertussis in infants. A total of 353 household contacts of 97 index cases were evaluated for pertussis by culture and polymerase chain reaction. Twenty eight contacts were positive (8.0%). The presence of symptoms did not influence the rate of diagnosed bacteriologic pertussis in communicants. We conclude that contacts with an index case can be positive for B. pertussis independently of the presence of symptoms. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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