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Asymptomatic Bordetella pertussis infections in a longitudinal cohort of young African infants and their mothers
7 Jun 2021
Abstract excerpt
Recent pertussis resurgence in numerous countries may be driven by asymptomatic infections. Most pertussis surveillance studies are cross-sectional and cannot distinguish asymptomatic from pre-symptomatic infections. Longitudinal surveillance could overcome this barrier, providing more information about the true burden of pertussis at the population level. Here we analyze 17,442 nasopharyngeal samples from a...
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