Clinical characteristics and molecular detection of Bordetella pertussis in hospitalized children with a clinical diagnosis of whooping cough in Peru

Clinical characteristics and molecular detection of Bordetella pertussis in hospitalized children with a clinical diagnosis of whooping cough in Peru

Background and Objectives: Pertussis is an infectious disease caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Bordetella pertussis. In Peru, actual public health programs indicate that vaccination against B. pertussis must be mandatory and generalized, besides all detected cases must be reported. The objectiv...

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Main Authors: Juana del Valle-Mendoza, Cristina del Valle-Vargas, Ronald Aquino-Ortega, Luis J. del Valle, Erico Cieza-Mora, Wilmer Silva-Caso, Jorge Bazán-Mayra, Victor Zavaleta-Gavidia, Miguel Angel Aguilar-Luis, Hernán Cornejo-Pacherres, Johanna Martins-Luna, Angela Cornejo-Tapia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2021-02-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
bordetella pertussis;
whooping cough;
real-time polymerase chain reaction;
peru
Online Access:https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/view/2581

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