| Literature DB >> 15826897 |
T Inandi1, A Guraksin, N Hacialioglu.
Abstract
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the immunity status of children to pertussis by socio-demographic characteristics in Eastern Turkey. The study sample consisted of 840 randomly selected and healthy children aged 0-71 months. The seroprevalence of pertussis was 30.1%. Age, parent education and economic status were not associated with the geometric mean titers (GMT) of pertussis antibody, while gender, residential area and the application number of diphtheria-tetanus-whole-cell pertussis vaccine were associated with GMT. Most preschool children are susceptible to pertussis and current vaccination efforts do not provide adequate immunization.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID： 15826897 DOI： 10.1016/j.puhe.2004.08.018
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Public Health ISSN： 0033-3506 Impact factor: 2.427