The prevalence and clinical characteristics of pertussis-associated pneumonia among infants in Botswana

• Main Authors: Bahaa Abu-Raya (Author), David M. Goldfarb (Author), Marek Smieja (Author), Kathy Luinstra (Author), Melissa Richard-Greenblatt (Author), Andrew P. Steenhoff (Author), Kristen A. Feemster (Author), Tonya Arscott-Mills (Author), Coleen K. Cunningham (Author), Samir S. Shah (Author), Mohamed Zaakir Patel (Author), Matthew S. Kelly (Author), Manish Sadarangani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background There are scant data on the prevalence and clinical course of pertussis disease among infants with pneumonia in low- and middle-income countries. While pertussis vaccination coverage is high (≥90%) among infants in Botswana, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection affects ne...