ArticleClinical and vaccine immunology : CVI2010
Seroprevalence of pertussis among Danish patients with cough of unknown etiology.
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- Health seeking behavior and associated factors among individuals with cough in Yiwu, China: a population-based study.BMC public health · 2021Article
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- Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Cough-Chinese Thoracic Society (CTS) Asthma Consortium.Journal of thoracic disease · 2018Review
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- Status of pertussis in iran.Jundishapur journal of microbiology · 2014Article
- Seroepidemiology of pertussis in a cross-sectional study of an adult general population in Denmark.Epidemiology and infection · 2014Article
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Abstract
The common perception that pertussis is only a childhood disease is not correct. Vaccination or infection with Bordetella pertussis provides only short-lived protection against pertussis-and the majority of the population is consequently at risk of contracting pertussis. We evaluated the seroprevalence of pertussis antibodies (IgG against pertussis toxin) in serum samples from 265 Danish patients, aged 8 years and older, with coughs of unknown etiology. Depending on the cutoff chosen, we found that 2.6% to 10.9% of these patients were seropositive for pertussis. Of 178 patients with a reported duration of cough between 2 weeks and 3 months, 3.4% to 12.4% were seropositive for pertussis, indicating recent infection. Our study indicates that B. pertussis infection may be underdiagnosed among older children and adults with coughs in Denmark.
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