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The Burden of Disease and Health Care Use among Pertussis Cases in School Aged Children and Adults in England and Wales; A Patient Survey

BACKGROUND: In 2011–2012 a large pertussis outbreak occurred in England. This provided an opportunity to estimate the disease burden in those aged 5 years and over. As pertussis is likely to be under reported both laboratory-confirmed and non-confirmed cases were included. METHODS: Laboratory-confir...

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Autores principales: van Hoek, Albert Jan, Campbell, Helen, Andrews, Nick, Vasconcelos, Mariza, Amirthalingam, Gayatri, Miller, Elizabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4244040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25423321
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111807