Incidence of Severe and Nonsevere Pertussis Among HIV-Exposed and -Unexposed Zambian Infants Through 14 Weeks of Age: Results From the Southern Africa Mother Infant Pertussis Study (SAMIPS), a Longitudinal Birth Cohort Study | Zendy

Christopher Gill | Zendy; Lawrence Mwananyanda | Zendy; William MacLeod | Zendy; Geoffrey Kwenda | Zendy; Magdalene Mwale | Zendy; Anna Larson Williams | Zendy; Kazungu Siazeele | Zendy; Zhaoyan Yang | Zendy; James Mwansa | Zendy; Donald M. Thea | Zendy

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Incidence of Severe and Nonsevere Pertussis Among HIV-Exposed and -Unexposed Zambian Infants Through 14 Weeks of Age: Results From the Southern Africa Mother Infant Pertussis Study (SAMIPS), a Longitudinal Birth Cohort Study

Author(s) -

Christopher Gill,

Lawrence Mwananyanda,

William MacLeod,

Geoffrey Kwenda,

Magdalene Mwale,

Anna Larson Williams,

Kazungu Siazeele,

Zhaoyan Yang,

James Mwansa,

Donald M. Thea

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciw526

Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , cohort , longitudinal study , cohort study , pathology , physics , optics

Maternal vaccination with tetanus, reduced-dose diphtheria, and acellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap) could be an effective way of mitigating the high residual burden of infant morbidity and mortality caused by Bordetella pertussis To better inform such interventions, we conducted a burden-of-disease study to determine the incidence of severe and nonsevere pertussis among a population of Zambian infants.

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