Epidemiology and surveillance of pertussis among infants in Catalonia, Spain, during 1997-2001

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 510-513

  Moraga, Fernando ^a,h   Roca, Joan ^b   Méndez, Cristina ^c   Rodrígo, Carlos ^d   Pineda, Valenti ^e   Martinez, Antoni ^f   Baraibar, Roma ^g   Boronat, Mercedes ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^e Centre de Salut Mental   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^g INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

^h C/o Doctor Roux ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Acellular Pertussis Vaccine; Catalonia; Epidemiology; Hospitalizations; Infants; Pertussis

Indexed keywords

ACELLULAR VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

APNEA; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COUGHING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPAIN; VACCINATION; VOMITING;

BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SPAIN; VACCINATION; VACCINES, ACELLULAR; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 20544455137     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000164701.50766.62     Document Type: Review

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