Pertussis Serodiagnosis in Belgium from 1990 to 2009
ABSTRACT Diagnosis of pertussis by culture and PCR is most sensitive when performed on nasopharyngeal specimens collected <2 weeks and <3 weeks, respectively, after the onset of clinical disease. Conversely, serological testing allows the diagnosis of patients (mostly adults) with less typical whooping cough symptoms, for whom clinical samples are often collected at later time points. Here, we report on a 20-year serodiagnostic survey of pertussis in Belgium from 1990 to 2009. In total, 13,163 patients were analyzed for Bordetella pertussis -specific antibodies by agglutination, compleme... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2011 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Clinical and Vaccine Immunology ; volume 18, issue 4, page 588-594 ; ISSN 1556-6811 1556-679X |
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American Society for Microbiology
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Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27369528 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/cvi.00003-11 |