Pertussis outbreak in an elementary school with high vaccination coverage

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1108-1112

  Khetsuriani, N ^a   Bisgard, K ^a   Prevots, D R ^a   Brennan, M ^a   Wharton, M ^a   Pandya, S ^a   Poppe, A ^a   Flora, K ^a   Dameron, G ^a   Quinlisk, P ^a  

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

Author keywords

Pertussis; Pertussis outbreaks; Pertussis vaccines; School based outbreaks

Indexed keywords

PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; COUGHING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERTUSSIS; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STUDENT; VACCINATION;

ADULT; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; VACCINATION; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 0035666387     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200112000-00003     Document Type: Article

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