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Epidemiology of Bordetella pertussis in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. 2014

Uciel R Ochoa-Perez, and Juan F Hernández-Sierra, and Francisco J Escalante-Padrón, and Soledad Contreras-Vidales, and Ana M Berman-Puente, and Fernando Hernandez-Maldonado, and Daniel E Noyola
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.

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.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D008297 Male Males
D008800 Mexico A country in NORTH AMERICA, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between BELIZE and the UNITED STATES, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the UNITED STATES.
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D001886 Bordetella pertussis A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that is the causative agent of WHOOPING COUGH. Its cells are minute coccobacilli that are surrounded by a slime sheath. Bacterium tussis-convulsivae,Haemophilus pertussis,Hemophilus pertussis
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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