High prevalence of Bordetella pertussis in children under 5 years old hospitalized with acute respiratory infections in Lima, Peru

BACKGROUND: Pertussis diagnosis may go unrecognized when other pathogens, such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) circulate. METHODS: A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in Lima, Peru from January 2009 to September 2010. A total of 596 children under 5 years old admitted with clinica...

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Autores principales: Pavic-Espinoza, Ivana, Bendezú-Medina, Sandy, Herrera-Alzamora, Angella, Weilg, Pablo, Pons, María J., Aguilar-Luis, Miguel Angel, Petrozzi-Helasvuo, Verónica, del Valle Mendoza, Juana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4667485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26626910
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1287-z

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