Abstract:The aim of the work was to assess the effectiveness of serodiagnosis of pertussis in people over 50 who complained of prolonged cough. The study included 30 patients over the age of 50 who applied to the consultative diagnostic center complaining of a prolonged cough in the period from 2015 - 2020. Blood serum samples were investigated in enzyme immunoassay with the definition of antitussive antibodies of three classes - IgM, IgG, IgA in the commercial test system RIDASCREEN (R-Biopharm AG, Germany). It was fo… Show more
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