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The association of viruses with clinical pertussis*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Marguerite S. Pereira  and
J. A. N. Candeias
Marguerite S. Pereira
Affiliation:
Virus Reference Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, London, NW9 5HT
J. A. N. Candeias
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Brazil
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This study describes the results of attempts to grow viruses from per-nasal swabs taken from 136 children with clinical pertussis.

Altogether 37 strains of a variety of different viruses were isolated. Adenovirus was the most frequent, making up 30 % of the total. Besides these, herpes simplex, measles, influenza A2, influenza B, mumps, poliovirus and respiratory syncytial virus were detected.

Bordetella pertussis was isolated from 22 % of the cases.

It appears that a pertussis-like syndrome can be caused by many agents besides Bord. pertussis and an accurate diagnosis requires laboratory confirmation.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 69 , Issue 3 , September 1971 , pp. 399 - 403
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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