Children with pertussis inform the investigation of other pertussis cases among contacts

BACKGROUND: The number of reported pertussis has increased in the last two decades. However, many cases of pertussis may be underreported or not diagnosed. The World Health Organization estimates that pertussis causes 200.000 – 400.000 deaths each year, most deaths are in infants and in developing c...

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Autores principales: Baptista, Paulo N, Magalhães, Vera S, Rodrigues, Laura C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1894795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17518997
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-7-21

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1894795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17518997
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-7-21

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