Outbreak of pertussis in Basra, Iraq
EMHJ-Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 1999; 5 (3): 540-548
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ABSTRACT
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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Índice:
IMEMR (Mediterrâneo Oriental)
Assunto principal:
Bordetella
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Bordetella pertussis
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Surtos de Doenças
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
East Mediterr Health J.
Ano de publicação:
1999
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