Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit · 2025
Ten-year analysis of the epidemiologic characteristics of whooping cough in Kyrgyzstan.
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Khalupko Elena, Khan Uzma, Kadyrova Rahat, Dzholbunova Zuura, Ahmad Miraj, Khan Yasir Naseem
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BACKGROUND: Although whooping cough is vaccine-preventable, its incidence is increasing globally, including in Kyrgyzstan.
AIM: To investigate the epidemiologic characteristics of whooping cough among children in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
METHODS: We collected and analysed data on 802 children aged 0-14 years, clinically diagnosed with whooping cough, and admitted at the Republican Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, from February 2014 to February 2024.
RESULTS: Polymerase chain reaction test of the respiratory samples confirmed all the children positive for Bordetella pertussis. There was no case of Bordetella parapertussis. We observed a distinct cyclical pattern of the incidence of whooping cough during the 10-year period, with a significant peak in 2018. Between 2021 and 2023, the majority (60.0%) of cases occurred among infants <1 year old. Among the children, 58.7% were not vaccinated, while 41.3% had incomplete diphtheria, tetanus and polio vaccination. Severe cases were common among infants with comorbidities such as anaemia and hypoxia.
CONCLUSIONS: Our findings show that whooping cough incidence is increasing among children in Bishkek. There is therefore a need to strengthen prevention efforts, including public awareness and education, childhood immunisation and maternal vaccination, and intensify detection, diagnosis and isolation to reduce transmission.
AIM: To investigate the epidemiologic characteristics of whooping cough among children in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
METHODS: We collected and analysed data on 802 children aged 0-14 years, clinically diagnosed with whooping cough, and admitted at the Republican Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, from February 2014 to February 2024.
RESULTS: Polymerase chain reaction test of the respiratory samples confirmed all the children positive for Bordetella pertussis. There was no case of Bordetella parapertussis. We observed a distinct cyclical pattern of the incidence of whooping cough during the 10-year period, with a significant peak in 2018. Between 2021 and 2023, the majority (60.0%) of cases occurred among infants <1 year old. Among the children, 58.7% were not vaccinated, while 41.3% had incomplete diphtheria, tetanus and polio vaccination. Severe cases were common among infants with comorbidities such as anaemia and hypoxia.
CONCLUSIONS: Our findings show that whooping cough incidence is increasing among children in Bishkek. There is therefore a need to strengthen prevention efforts, including public awareness and education, childhood immunisation and maternal vaccination, and intensify detection, diagnosis and isolation to reduce transmission.