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Indian Journal of Pediatrics
Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics 4/2024

13-01-2024 | Whooping Cough | Editorial Commentary

Ongoing Burden of Infant Pertussis

Authors: Winsley Rose, Baker Ninan Fenn

Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 4/2024

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Over the last two decades, there has been a resurgence of pertussis though primary immunization with pertussis vaccination is widely practiced. As vaccine immunity wanes within 4–12 y of vaccination, it may not be effective in preventing outbreak cycles of pertussis which occur every 3 to 5 y [1] adversely affecting the unimmunized or incompletely immunized infants <6 mo of age, the population most vulnerable to pertussis [2]. Infant pertussis is also known to be associated with greater morbidity in view of longer hospital stay, need for ICU care and greater mortality [3]. …
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Metadata
Title
Ongoing Burden of Infant Pertussis
Authors
Winsley Rose
Baker Ninan Fenn
Publication date
13-01-2024
Publisher
Springer India
Published in
Indian Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 4/2024
Print ISSN: 0019-5456
Electronic ISSN: 0973-7693
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-024-05025-0

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