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Waning infant pertussis during COVID-19 pandemic

Falkenstein-Hagander, Kathy LU ; Appelqvist, Emma LU orcid ; Cavefors, Ann-Sofie frisk ; Källberg, Henrik ; Nilsson, Lennart Jan ; Silfverdal, Sven-Arne ; Storsaeter, Jann and Aronsson, Bernice (2022) In Archives of Disease in Childhood 107(3).
Abstract
Measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 have been associated with reduction in other respiratory infections. Results of a national Swedish cohort study of infant pertussis during April 2020–September 2021 were compared with those during January 2014–March 2020. The number of pertussis cases decreased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, from an average of 21 infant cases per quarter of a year before the pandemic to an average of 1 case per quarter during the pandemic. Swedish strategies to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 seem to have had an impact on pertussis incidence in infants.
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Archives of Disease in Childhood
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107
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3
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e19
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BMJ Publishing Group
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  • scopus:85124850806
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0003-9888
DOI
10.1136/archdischild-2021-323055
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English
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