The Prevalence of PCR-Confirmed Pertussis Cases in Palestine From Archived Nasopharyngeal Samples.

Dumaidi, Kamal; Al-Jawabreh, Amer

Dumaidi, Kamal; Al-Jawabreh, Amer.

Affiliation

Dumaidi K; Department of Medical Lab sciences, Faculty of Allied Health sciences, Arab American University, Palestine.
Al-Jawabreh A; Department of Medical Lab sciences, Faculty of Allied Health sciences, Arab American University, Palestine.

Arch Iran Med ; 21(5): 208-212, 2018 05 01.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29738264

Subject(s)

Bordetella pertussis/genetics; Vaccination/statistics & numerical data; Whooping Cough/diagnosis; Whooping Cough/epidemiology; Bordetella pertussis/isolation & purification; DNA, Bacterial/genetics; Female; Geographic Mapping; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Middle East/epidemiology; Nasopharynx/microbiology; Pertussis Vaccine/administration & dosage; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Prevalence; Whooping Cough/prevention & control

Key words

Acellular pertussis vaccine (aP); Bordetella pertussis; PCR; Palestine; Pertussis vaccine; Whole-cell pertussis vaccine (wP)

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Bordetella pertussis / Whooping Cough / Vaccination Type of study: Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Female / Humans / Infant / Male / Newborn Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: En Journal: Arch Iran Med Year: 2018 Document type: Article Country of publication: Iran

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