Pertussis is a frequent cause of prolonged cough illness in adults and adolescents

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1691-1697

  Senzilet, Linda D ^a   Halperin, Scott A ^b   Spika, John S ^a   Alagaratnam, Merrilyn ^a   Morris, Annette ^b   Smith, Bruce ^b   Appleton, Jan ^c   Allen, Heather ^c   Girard, Darlene ^d   Anderson, Cathy ^e   Sharp, Laura ^e   Latorraca Walsh, Arleen ^f   Ménard, Suzanne ^g   Fournier, Marie France ^g   MacMartin, Sara ^h   Warick, Leslie ⁱ   Kelly, Helen ^j   Urquhart, Karen ^k   Smith, Penny ^a  

^a LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d CITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^e SASKATOON HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

^f Prince Edward Island Department of Health and Social Services   (Canada)

^g Institut Universitaire de première ligne en santé et services sociaux   (Canada)

^h Frontenac Lennox Addington Hlth U   (Canada)

ⁱ Capital Health Regional Public Health   (Canada)

^j Wellington Dufferin Guelph Public Health   (Canada)

^k Public Health Services Central Region Health Board   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CANADA; CHILD; COUGH; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 0035018553     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320754     Document Type: Article

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