Epidemiological Characteristics and Risk Factors of the Pertussis in Infants < 12 Months of Age in Tianjin, China.

Author: Hai Tao HUANG ¹ ; Zhi Gang GAO ¹ ; Yong LIU ¹ ; Li Juan WANG ² ; Yan Ping LIU ² ; Ying ZHANG ¹
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1. Tianjin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tianjin 300011, China.
2. Hangu Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tianjin 300480, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
MeSH: China; epidemiology; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Pertussis Vaccine; immunology; Risk Factors; Whooping Cough; epidemiology; prevention & control; transmission
From: Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2017;30(7):545-548
CountryChina
Language:English
Abstract: The epidemiologic characteristics of 631 infant pertussis cases < 12 months, which accounted for 57.42% of the total cases, were analyzed by descriptive epidemiology in Tianjin, between 2010 and 2015. The incidence of infants was 104.66/100,000, which was 118 times higher than in other age groups (P < 0.001). The primary type of pertussis simultaneously presented in households was adult-to-infant (70.51%). The parents were identified as the source of infection in 80.18% of cases for infants. The positive rate of placental antibody transfer was 31.06% and 3.13% for 3-month-old infants. Infants presented the highest age-specific pertussis incidence. The most important reason was parents were the important sources of infection, and secondly the lower level of antibodies in neonates and the rapid waning of maternal antibody titer.