Diagnostic limitations of clinical case definitions of pertussis in infants and children with severe lower respiratory tract infection

• Rudzani Muloiwa ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Rudzani.Muloiwa@uct.ac.za

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4527-0827

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• Mark P. Nicol,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Division of Infection and Immunity, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

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• Gregory D. Hussey,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Infectious Disease & Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Division of Medical Microbiology, Vaccines for Africa Initiative, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Heather J. Zar

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations SA-MRC unit on Child & Adolescent Lung Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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