Pertussis hospitalizations among term and preterm infants: clinical course and vaccine effectiveness

Autor: Nicoline A. T. van der Maas, Elisabeth A. M. Sanders, Florens G. A. Versteegh, Albertine Baauw, Anneke Westerhof, Hester E. de Melker
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-4563-5
Popis: Abstract Background Pertussis causes severe disease in young unvaccinated infants, with preterms potentially at highest risk. We studied pertussis in hospitalized infants as related to gestational age (GA) and vaccination history. Methods Medical record data of 0-2y old patients hospitalized for pertussis during 2005–2014 were linked to vaccination data. Multivariable logistic regression was used to study the association between GA and vaccination history on the clinical disease course. We compared vaccine effectiveness (VE) against hospitalization for pertussis between term and preterm infants (i.e.,
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