Detecting pertussis in the Highlands region of Chiapas, Mexico

Detecting pertussis in the Highlands region of Chiapas, Mexico

Objective. To determine the rate of Bordetella pertussis infection in children admitted to a paediatric emergency hospital service. Material and methods. The positivity rate to B. pertussis infection was determined in 344 enrolled children under five-year old measured by culture, RT-PCR, clinical a...

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Main Authors: Jazmín Guadalupe Castañon-Ortíz, Héctor J Sánchez-Pérez, Mercedes Flores-López, Jorge León-Cortés, Adelina Schlie-Guzmán, Javier Gutiérrez-Jiménez, Jessica Lizzeth Gutiérrez-Ferman, Elvira Garza-González, Miguel Martín-Mateo, Natalia Romero-Sandoval, Allied Bencomo-Alerm, Anaximandro Gómez-Velasco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 2020-12-01
Series:Salud Pública de México
Subjects:
pertussis
predictors
chiapas
mexico
Online Access:https://saludpublica.mx/index.php/spm/article/view/11465

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