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| Pimentel,Analíria Moraes; Baptista,Paulo Neves; Ximenes,Ricardo Arraes de Alencar; Rodrigues,Laura Cunha; Magalhães,Vera; Silva,Andrea Rosane Sousa; Souza,Nadjla Ferreira; Matos,Deize Gomes Cavalcanti de; Pessoa,Ana Kelly Lins. |
| Objective:This study was aimed to evaluate the prevalence of pertussis in adolescents and adults with cough lasting more than 14 days and less than 30 days.Methods:This is a prospective observational study in interepidemic period of pertusis. Ten public health outpatient clinics in the city of Recife, Brazil, were randomly selected for the study. The study population consisted of individuals aged 10 years and over with cough that had lasted between 14 and 30 days. Nasopharyngeal swabs were collected for culture and PCR in order to identify Bordetella pertussis. We adopted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US (CDC) definition of cases of pertussis.Results:A total of 192 individuals were identified as suspected cases. Their mean age was... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Pertussis (whooping cough); Prolonged cough; Adolescents and adults; Prevalence. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702015000100043 |
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