Fever Among Pertussis Cases Reported Through Enhanced Pertussis Surveillance, 2015–2022

Fever is not considered a typical presentation of pertussis. We characterized fever among 7840 pertussis cases from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Enhanced Pertussis Surveillance with cough onset from 2015 to 2022. Ten percent of cases had a reported fever. The presence of fev...

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Published in:Open forum infectious diseases Vol. 12; no. 3; p. ofaf044
Main Authors: Hughes, Michelle M, Rubis, Amy, Acosta, Anna M, Aden, Vanessa, Firmender, Patricia, Horn, Kate, Stanislawski, Emma, Wester, Rachel, Youngkin, Erin, Cruz, Victor, Skoff, Tami H
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States 01.03.2025
Subjects:
fever
surveillance
vaccine-preventable disease
case definition
pertussis
ISSN:2328-8957, 2328-8957
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Summary:Fever is not considered a typical presentation of pertussis. We characterized fever among 7840 pertussis cases from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Enhanced Pertussis Surveillance with cough onset from 2015 to 2022. Ten percent of cases had a reported fever. The presence of fever should not rule out pertussis as a cause of cough illness.
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ISSN:2328-8957
2328-8957
DOI:10.1093/ofid/ofaf044