The new health legacy: when pertussis becomes a heritage transmitted from mothers to infants

Despite high vaccination coverage rates, there has been a gradual increase in reported pertussis cases. Although whooping cough affects all ages, young infants continue to suffer the greatest pertussis disease burden. Adolescents and adults are the primary source of infection for young babies. In th...

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Published inJournal of medical microbiology Vol. 60; no. 10; pp. 1546 - 1549
Main Authors ZOUARI, Asma, SMAOUI, Hanen, BOUSNINA, Souad, MENIF, Khaled, JABALLAH, Najla Ben, KECHHD, Amel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Reading Society for General Microbiology 01.10.2011
Subjects
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Infant
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Microbiology
Pertussis Vaccine - administration & dosage
Pertussis Vaccine - immunology
Tunisia
Whooping Cough - diagnosis
Whooping Cough - transmission
Tunisia
Vertical transmission
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Summary:Despite high vaccination coverage rates, there has been a gradual increase in reported pertussis cases. Although whooping cough affects all ages, young infants continue to suffer the greatest pertussis disease burden. Adolescents and adults are the primary source of infection for young babies. In this paper, we report two cases involving the likely transmission of pertussis from mothers to infants in Tunisia.
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ISSN:0022-2615
1473-5644
DOI:10.1099/jmm.0.030809-0