Journal article
The prevalence and clinical characteristics of pertussis-associated pneumonia among infants in Botswana
Abstract
BackgroundThere are scant data on the prevalence and clinical course of pertussis disease among infants with pneumonia in low- and middle-income countries. While pertussis vaccination coverage is high (≥90%) among infants in Botswana, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection affects nearly one-third of pregnancies.We aimed to evaluate the prevalence and clinical course of pertussis disease in a cohort of HIV-unexposed uninfected (HUU), …
Authors
Abu-Raya B; Goldfarb DM; Smieja M; Luinstra K; Richard-Greenblatt M; Steenhoff AP; Feemster KA; Arscott-Mills T; Cunningham CK; Shah SS
Journal
BMC Pediatrics, Vol. 19, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2019
DOI
10.1186/s12887-019-1820-0
ISSN
1471-2431