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Sources of pertussis infection in young babies from São Paulo State, Brazil.
Pediatr Infect Dis J
December 2014
From the *Pediatric Infectious Diseases; †Epidemiology Department-Faculdade de Ciencias Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, School Medicine of Santa Casa de São Paulo; ‡Laboratory for Pertussis-Instituto Adolfo Lutz-State Secretary Office of Health; §Division of Respiratory Diseases, Epidemiological Vigilance Center, State Secretary Office of Health; ¶Instituto Adolfo Lutz MSci-Instituto Adolfo Lutz-State Secretary Office of Health; and ‖Sanofi Pasteur, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Household contacts are important sources of Bordetella pertussis in infants. A total of 353 household contacts of 97 index cases were evaluated for pertussis by culture and polymerase chain reaction. Twenty eight contacts were positive (8.
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