Effect of pertussis vaccine in pregnancy and COVID-19 pandemic in the cases of wooping cough.
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed)
; 40(9): 499-502, 2022 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1881957
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Whooping cough has had an increased incidence and severity specially in infants and maternal immunization has been implemented as a prevention strategy. COVID-19 pandemic seems to decrease the incidence of other respiratory diseases.METHODS:
Retrospective study from 2012 to 2021 to assess the influence of pertussis maternal immunizations and the first year of COVID-19 pandemic in the cases of whooping cough.RESULTS:
960 suspected cases from primary care and hospital, with 130 cases (104 children and 26 adults) being diagnosed of whooping cough. In the post-vaccination period, a reduction in the cases and severity in infants up to 6 months old was observed as well as in the pertussis diagnosis in adult women. There were no whooping cough cases during the COVID-19 period.CONCLUSIONS:
Both the pertussis vaccination in pregnancy and the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic have decreased the number of pertussis cases.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Whooping Cough
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Pregnancy
Language:
English
Journal:
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed)
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.eimce.2022.06.006
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