Detecting pertussis in the Highlands region of Chiapas, Mexico

• Main Authors: Jazmín Guadalupe Castañon-Ortíz (Author), Héctor J Sánchez-Pérez (Author), Mercedes Flores-López (Author), Jorge León-Cortés (Author), Adelina Schlie-Guzmán (Author), Javier Gutiérrez-Jiménez (Author), Jessica Lizzeth Gutiérrez-Ferman (Author), Elvira Garza-González (Author), Miguel Martín-Mateo (Author), Natalia Romero-Sandoval (Author), Allied Bencomo-Alerm (Author), Anaximandro Gómez-Velasco (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 an...