Pertusis outbreak in a poorly immunized community;Brote de tos ferina en una comunidad insuficientemente vacunada

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 119, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 601-604

  del Pozo, Javier Segura ^a   Sanz Moreno, Juan Carlos ^a   Gascón Sancho, María Jesús ^a   Ramos Lledó, Esther ^b   de Ory Manchón, Fernando ^c   Fernández Díaz, Marisa ^a  

^a Comunidad de Madrid ^*  (Spain)

^b IMSALUD   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Outbreak; Pertussis vaccine; Serological tests; Whooping cough

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; TOXIN ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PERTUSSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPAIN; VACCINATION;

EID: 0037049072     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7753(02)73512-4     Document Type: Article

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