Resurgence of pertussis at the age of vaccination: clinical, epidemiological, and molecular aspects

OBJECTIVE: Report the incidence, epidemiology, clinical features, death, and vaccination status of patients with whooping cough and perform genotypic characterization of isolates of B. pertussis identified in the state of Paraná, during January 2007 to December 2013.METHODS: Cross-sectional study in...

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Main Authors: Rosângela S.L.A. Torres, Talita Z. Santos, Robson A.A. Torres, Valéria V.G. Pereira, Lucas A.F. Fávero, Otavio R. M. Filho, Margareth L. Penkal, Leni S. Araujo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-08-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-75572015000400333&lng=en&tlng=en