Whooping Cough Cases Increase in Central Italy after COVID-19 Pandemic

• Main Authors: Giulia Linardos (Author), Luana Coltella (Author), Stefania Ranno (Author), Velia Chiara Di Maio (Author), Luna Colagrossi (Author), Elisabetta Pandolfi (Author), Maria Beatrice Chiarini Testa (Author), Leonardo Genuini (Author), Francesca Stoppa (Author), Matteo Di Nardo (Author), Annalisa Grandin (Author), Renato Cutrera (Author), Corrado Cecchetti (Author), Alberto Villani (Author), Massimiliano Raponi (Author), Paola Bernaschi (Author), Cristina Russo (Author), Carlo Federico Perno (Author), Rossana Scutari (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pertussis continues to be a highly contagious respiratory infection, especially in children, with cyclical peaks of disease spread every three to five years. Here, we report relevant cases of <i>B. pertussis</i> infection between August 2023 and January 2024, and compare them with <i&...