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The estimated incidence of pertussis in people aged 50 years old in the United States, 2006–2010

BACKGROUND: Pertussis is believed to be widely underreported and under-recognized, particularly among adults. The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of private practitioner-attended cough illness that could be attributed to Bordetella pertussis in adults aged ≥50 years in the US. METHOD...

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Autores principales: Masseria, Cristina, Krishnarajah, Girishanthy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4653927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26584525
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1269-1