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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 an...

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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)
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Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary: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 and laboratory predictors. Results. The positive rate of B. pertussis infection was 5.40% (95%CI=2.24-13.05) by culture, 16.12% (95%CI=2.42-29.84) by RT-PCR, and 36.66% (95%CI=18.36-54.97) by the laboratory predictor. Conclusions. Clinical and laboratory predictors represent a suitable tool to improve the diagnosis and prevention of pertussis by health services in the region of study.
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10.21149/11465

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