Pertussis detection in children with cough of any duration

• Main Authors: Dan-Xia Wu (Author), Qiang Chen (Author), Kai-Hu Yao (Author), Lan Li (Author), Wei Shi (Author), Jiang-Wei Ke (Author), Ai-Min Wu (Author), Peng Huang (Author), Kun-Ling Shen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The diagnosis of pertussis in clinical practice continues to be a challenge worldwide as the symptoms are variable. We aimed to determine the prevalence of pertussis in Chinese children irrespective of cough duration and explore the clinical characteristics of children with pertu...