The impact of COVID-19 and masking practices on pertussis cases at a large academic medical center (2019-2021)

Tessa Sandoval; Anjali Bisht; Annabelle de St Maurice

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2022.11.012

The impact of COVID-19 and masking practices on pertussis cases at a large academic medical center (2019-2021)

Am J Infect Control. 2023 Jul;51(7):844-846. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2022.11.012. Epub 2022 Nov 20.

Authors

Tessa Sandoval¹, Anjali Bisht², Annabelle de St Maurice³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, UCLA Health, Los Angeles, CA. Electronic address: tessasandoval@mednet.ucla.edu.
² Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, UCLA Health, Los Angeles, CA.
³ Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, UCLA Health, Los Angeles, CA; Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.

Abstract

We reviewed cases of Bordatella pertussis (B. pertussis) cases in ambulatory clinics at a large academic health care institution in Los Angeles from 2019-2021. Public health prevention measures during the Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic impacted the number of pertussis cases identified.

Keywords: Ambulatory setting; Pandemic; Respiratory prevention; Respiratory viruses.

Published by Elsevier Inc.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Academic Medical Centers
COVID-19*
Delivery of Health Care
Humans
Public Health
Whooping Cough* / diagnosis
Whooping Cough* / epidemiology
Whooping Cough* / prevention & control