Waning infant pertussis during COVID-19 pandemic
(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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- author
- Falkenstein-Hagander, Kathy LU ; Appelqvist, Emma LU ; Cavefors, Ann-Sofie frisk ; Källberg, Henrik ; Nilsson, Lennart Jan ; Silfverdal, Sven-Arne ; Storsaeter, Jann and Aronsson, Bernice
- publishing date
- 2022-03-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- Archives of Disease in Childhood
- volume
- 107
- issue
- 3
- article number
- e19
- publisher
- BMJ Publishing Group
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85124850806
- ISSN
- 0003-9888
- DOI
- 10.1136/archdischild-2021-323055
- language
- English
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- 9074fb13-369c-4d3a-971f-ce8521105e79
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- 2024-04-29 11:35:22
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