Sources of Pertussis Infection in Young Babies From SÃo Paulo State, Brazil
| Autor: | José Cássio de Moraes, Daniela Leite, Lucia Ferro Bricks, Telma Regina Marques Pinto Carvalhanas, Roberta Morozetti Blanco, E. N Berezin, Flávia Jacqueline Almeida, Ana Lucia Frugis Yu, Marcela Rodrigues |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Microbiology (medical) Bordetella pertussis Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Whooping Cough Polymerase Chain Reaction Prevalence medicine Humans Prospective Studies Index case Whooping cough Family Health Family health Bacteriological Techniques Family Characteristics biology business.industry Family characteristics Infant Newborn Infant medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Infant newborn Infectious Diseases Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female business Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 33:1289-1291 |
| ISSN: | 0891-3668 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/inf.0000000000000424 |
| Popis: | 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: | OpenAIRE |
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