rome has been researched along with Whooping-Cough* in 1 studies
1 other study(ies) available for rome and Whooping-Cough
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Pertussis in infants less than 6 months of age and household contacts, Italy, April 2014.
We report pertussis cases in 4 infants less than 6 months admitted with symptoms compatible with pertussis to the intensive care unit of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome, April 2014. Realtime PCR confirmed pertussis diagnosis for the 4 infants, 2 of them were cousins, and for the household contacts of 1 of them. Analysis of pertussis toxin, its promoter and pertactin was also performed. First of all, this report emphasizes the need to investigate household contact of infants with pertussis; secondly, to evaluate the selective vaccination of household members of newborns as an effective program to reduce pertussis in infants. Topics: Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; Bordetella pertussis; DNA, Bacterial; Family Characteristics; Family Health; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Middle Aged; Pertussis Toxin; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Promoter Regions, Genetic; Rome; Virulence Factors, Bordetella; Whooping Cough | 2015 |