Outbreak of pertussis in Basra, Iraq

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 540-548

  Al Bargish, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BORDETELLA; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAQ; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PERTUSSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; SEROTYPING; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAQ; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEASONS; SEROTYPING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VACCINATION; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 0033123279     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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