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Pertussis: the resurgence of a public health threat

Pertussis is an acute and very contagious pulmonary disease, clinically characterized by periods of coughing and paroxysms that may cause death. The disease afflicts mainly the pediatric population and is life threatening to children under the age of 1 year. Since the beginning of the second millenn...

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Autores principales: Torre, Jackeline Aparecida Grando Della, Benevides, Gabriel Nuncio, de Melo, Ana Maria Andrello Gonçalves Pereira, Ferreira, Cristiane Rúbia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: São Paulo, SP: Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital Universitário 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4584670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26484329
http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/acr.2015.006