Evidence for transmission of pertussis in schools, Massachusetts, 1996: Epidemiologic data supported by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis studies

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 210-215

  Brennan, Muireann ^a   Strebel, Peter ^a   George, Harvey ^c   Yih, W Katherine ^d   Tachdjian, Raffi ^a   Lett, Susan M ^d   Cassiday, Pam ^b   Sanden, Gary ^b   Wharton, Melinda ^b  

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

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Massachusetts State Laboratory   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCHOOL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033977516     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315192     Document Type: Article

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