Reading attainment and physical development after whooping cough.

Effect of a low pertussis vaccination uptake on a large community. Report from the Swansea Research Unit of The Royal College of General Practitioners.

In a case-control study 27 index children from ordinary schools who had had convulsions or apnoea as a complication of whooping cough about eight years previously were compared with 27 children who had never had whooping cough and 15 who had had whooping cough without complications. Other factors likely to cause intellectual impairment after conception were considered. The index group had a sig...

Preparation and Evaluation of Stained Pertussis Antigen for Serodiagnosis of Whooping Cough

Whooping cough in adults.

During the 1970s whooping cough returned in Sweden after an absence of more than 10 years and is now seen in all age groups, During a three-year period 174 adults with culture-verified whooping cough were identified in Gothenburg. Most of the patients had typical symptoms with whooping attacks and often vomiting. The disease was long lasting but complications were rare. Physicians should be awa...

Whooping cough in school age children with persistent cough: prospective cohort study in primary care.

OBJECTIVE To estimate the proportion of school age children with a persistent cough who have evidence of a recent Bordetella pertussis infection. DESIGN Prospective cohort study (October 2001 to March 2005). SETTING General practices in Oxfordshire, England. PARTICIPANTS 172 children aged 5-16 years who presented to their general practitioner with a cough lasting 14 days or more who conse...

Coqueluche -- ainda um desafio

Globally, whooping cough (pertussis) is still an important cause of death in infancy and continues to be a public health concern even in countries with high vaccination coverage. In 2008, over 80% of all infants worldwide received three doses of pertussis vaccines.1 Despite this, 15 million pertussis cases occurred worldwide, 95% of them in developing countries, and about 200,000 children died ...