Pertussis in adults: Epidemiology, signs, symptoms, and implications for vaccination

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 6 SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages

  Orenstein, Walter A ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TETANUS VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; MORBIDITY; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 0032970899     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515061     Document Type: Conference Paper

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