Bordetella pertussis Infection in South African HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Mother–Infant Dyads: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

Background. There is a paucity of data regarding the burden of Bordetella pertussis in African women and young infants, and particularly the impact of maternal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection thereon. We performed a retrospective analysis of respiratory illness samples from longitudinal...

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Main Authors: Nunes, Marta C., Downs, Sarah, Jones, Stephanie, van Niekerk, Nadia, Cutland, Clare L., Madhi, Shabir A.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5106617/