South Africa reports uptick in pertussis cases in 2022

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The South Africa National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported recently an increase in pertussis, or whooping cough in the first nine months of 2022. Very few pertussis cases were reported through the notifiable medical conditions (NMC) surveillance system in 2020 (n=169) and 2021 (n=27) in South Africa, likely as a result of decreased [...]

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