Epidemiology of Bordetella pertussis in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
We analyzed data from 147 patients with suspected pertussis in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Bordetella pertussis was detected by real-time polymerase chain reaction in 59 (40.1%) cases. The incidence of B. pertussis infection was 2.3 per 100,000 population. There were 6 deaths among the study patients. We conclude that the impact of pertussis in our state is significantly higher than previously estimated.
From the *Departamento de Microbiología; †Departamento de Epidemiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí; ‡Laboratorio Estatal de Salud Pública; and §Departamento de Vigilancia, Urgencias Epidemiológicas y Desastres, Servicios de Salud en el Estado de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México.
Uciel R
UR
Ochoa-Perez
Juan F
JF
Hernández-Sierra
Francisco J
FJ
Escalante-Padrón
Soledad
S
Contreras-Vidales
Ana M
AM
Berman-Puente
Fernando
F
Hernandez-Maldonado
Daniel E
DE
Noyola
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D055815:Young Adult