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01-12-2017 | Research article
Infants hospitalized for Bordetella pertussis infection commonly have respiratory viral coinfections
Authors:
A. Frassanito, R. Nenna, A. Nicolai, A. Pierangeli, A. E. Tozzi, P. Stefanelli, R. Carsetti, C. Concato, I. Schiavoni, F. Midulla, the Pertussis study group
Published in:
BMC Infectious Diseases
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Issue 1/2017
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Excerpt
Pertussis (whooping cough) is a highly contagious, respiratory disease caused by
Bordetella pertussis (B. pertussis). The clinical symptoms of pertussis change with age, previous exposure to
B. pertussis and immunization status. In newborns clinical manifestations may be severe. Most infants have a typical paroxysmal cough which can last more than two months [
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