Pertussis in Soldiers, Israel [6]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 506-508

  Klement, Eyal ^a,f   Grotto, Itamar ^a,b   Srugo, Itzhak ^c,d   Orr, Naday ^a,b   Gilad, Jacob ^e   Cohen, Dani ^b  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^f Medical Corps   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LETTER; PERTUSSIS; PREVALENCE; SOLDIER;

EID: 14644429753     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1103.040672     Document Type: Letter

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