Pertussis in adults. A study in an Italian population with chronic cough

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 57, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 247-252

  Antico, Andrea ^a   Fabozzi, F ^a   Scipiotti, C ^a  

^a Asola Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bordetella pertussis infection; IgA and IgG antibodies; Pertussis diagnosis; Pertussis epidemiology; Pertussis in adults

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PERTUSSIS; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0037900008     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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