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Purpose We aimed to determine the prevalence, symptoms and course of pertussis and parapertussis among patients at any age with a cough of unknown aetiology that had lasted for ≥ 7 days and to assess the diagnostic value of the symptoms included in the World Health Organisations’ (WHO) clinical case definition of pertussis. Methods Patients were enrolled between the 23 April 2012 and 31 December...
Rates of pertussis immunisation among children in Estonia are high (∼95%), but pertussis is still the most common vaccine preventable childhood disease. Adults are suspected to be sources of pertussis in children. We aimed to measure pertussis toxin (PT) IgG in adults to estimate pertussis infection activity and compare estimated and reported pertussis incidences.In a cross-sectional serosurvey, consecutive...
Despite high immunisation coverage and frequent booster doses, the national notification rates of pertussis in Estonia have been increasing. The peak of 97/100,000 was reached in 2010 which is the highest incidence rate since 1962 (210/100,000).We aimed to measure the prevalence of pertussis toxin (PT) IgG type antibodies in subjects of <18 years and to estimate the pertussis infection activity...
Family orientation is one of basic features of family practice. The purpose of the study was to explore the patients' opinions about family physician involvement in family related issues, and to identify the factors that may influence the patients' opinions. Altogether 514 patients complited a questionnaire. Logistic regression analysis was used to predict the factors which determine patient orientation...
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