Pertusis - Going, going, but not gone: Thirteen year trends in the incidence of pertussis in the Republic of Ireland and North Eastern Health Board

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 44-46

  Shahdadpuri, Raveen I ^a,d   Nicholson, A J ^a   Bedford, D ^b   O'Flanagan, D ^c  

^a OUR LADY OF LOURDES HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b North Eastern Health Board ^*  (Ireland)

^c HEALTH PROTECTION SURVEILLANCE CENTRE   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; IRELAND; MEDICAL RECORD; NOSE SMEAR; PERTUSSIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 2642588335     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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