Whooping cough in school age children with persistent cough: Prospective cohort study in primary care

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7560, 2006, Pages 174-177

  Harnden, Anthony ^a   Grant, Cameron ^b   Harrison, Timothy ^c   Perera, Rafael ^a   Brueggemann, Angela B ^a   Mayon White, Richard ^a   Mant, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERTUSSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEROLOGY; SLEEP DISORDER; VOMITING; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENERAL PRACTICE; IMMUNOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PERTUSSIS TOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENGLAND; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP DISORDERS; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 33746319607     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38870.655405.AE     Document Type: Article

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