Comparing Respiratory Illness Surveillance Case Definitions to Detect <i>Bordetella pertussis</i> in Children Aged &lt;5 Years With Respiratory Illness in South Africa, 2017–2023
Current pertussis case definitions likely underestimate disease burden. Revising the WHO pertussis case definition and integrating pertussis into syndromic surveillance could improve detection while leveraging existing resources.
Authors
- Alex de Voux (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9182-5598)
- Jackie Kleynhans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7081-6273)
- Mvuyo Makhasi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7647-9463)
- Halima Dawood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8180-6791)
- Susan Meiring (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4508-5469)
- Vanessa Quan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1666-4752)
- Nicole Wolter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9526-0133)
- Gary Reubenson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2541-4165)
- Anne von Gottberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0243-7455)
- Mignon du Plessis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9186-0679)
- Sibongile Walaza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7588-2480)
- Fathima Naby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3537-2707)
- Heather Joy Zar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9046-759X)
- Fahima Moosa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0281-3649)
- Cheryl Cohen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0376-2302)
- Kate Bishop (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2460-3215)
Institutions
- National Health Laboratory Service (ZA)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (ZA)
- Edendale Hospital (ZA)
- Grey's Hospital (ZA)
- Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital (ZA)
- Umkhuseli Innovation and Research Management (ZA)
- Institute of Child and Mother Health (BD)
- University of KwaZulu-Natal (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-10-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaf501
- Primary Topic
- Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00