Seroprevalence of pertussis among children in Eastern Turkey

İNANDI T., Guraksin A., HACIALİOĞLU N.

Public Health, cilt.119, sa.6, ss.550-555, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 119 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2005
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.puhe.2004.08.018
  • Dergi Adı: Public Health
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.550-555
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Children, Pertussis, Seroprevalence
  • Hatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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. © 2004 The Royal Institute of Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.