2024
DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics13050464
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Whooping Cough Cases Increase in Central Italy after COVID-19 Pandemic

Giulia Linardos,
Luana Coltella,
Stefania Ranno
et al.

Abstract: Pertussis continues to be a highly contagious respiratory infection, especially in children, with cyclical peaks of disease spread every three to five years. Here, we report relevant cases of B. pertussis infection between August 2023 and January 2024, and compare them with B. pertussis prevalence in pediatric patients admitted to the Reference Italian Pediatric Hospital, located in Rome, from January 2015 to July 2023. A total of 5464 tests for B. pertussis were performed during the study period, and 6.9% wer… Show more

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