Laboratory identification of pertussis in the western region of São Paulo State, Brazil
The aim of this study was to confirm the suspected cases of pertussis in the Western region of the Sao Paulo State from 2010 to 2015. The samples were cultured in the Instituto Adolfo Lutz - Regional Laboratory of Presidente Prudente-SP, and the qPCR was performed at the National Reference Laborator...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Instituto Adolfo Lutz |
| Repositorio: | Revista do Instituto Adolfo Lutz (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br:article/34180 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/RIAL/article/view/34180 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Bordetella pertussis laboratory diagnosis Real-time PCR pertussis diagnóstico laboratorial PCR em tempo real coqueluche |
| Sumario: | The aim of this study was to confirm the suspected cases of pertussis in the Western region of the Sao Paulo State from 2010 to 2015. The samples were cultured in the Instituto Adolfo Lutz - Regional Laboratory of Presidente Prudente-SP, and the qPCR was performed at the National Reference Laboratory for Pertussis – Central Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo-SP. In this period, 189 samples were received, being 29 (15.3%) confirmed by the laboratory criteria (culture and/or qPCR). The most affected group was the children less than six months old (82.8%), not vaccinated or with the incomplete vaccination. Most likely, these results only represent a fraction of the actual number of pertussis cases occurring in Brazil. The continuous disease monitoring and the prevalence data by age group are fundamental to improve the immunization strategies as a way to control this important re-emerging disease. |
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