
Outbreak of pertussis in Basra, Iraq / Al Bargish, K.A.
Tác giả : Al Bargish, K.A.
Năm xuất bản : 1999
Chủ đề : 1. Bordetella. 2. Bordetella Pertussis. 3. Disease Outbreaks. 4. Whooping Cough.
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Tóm tắt : | 540-548 A total of 133 pertussis cases were studied during an outbreak in Basra from June to December 1996. Most were females and were immunized. Bordetella spp. was isolated in 48.1% of the cases. The isolation rate was highest among infants and decreased with increasing age, and was highest during the catarrhal stage. B. pertussis was the most common species; however, B. parapertussis infection did occur. There were some severe cases of pertussis among infants caused mainly by B. pertussis and dual Bordetella infection. Infection was transmitted by close contact with a pertussis case |
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https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/118736 |