Pertussis outbreak in an Amish community - Kent County, Delaware, September 2004-February 2005

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 55, Issue 30, 2006, Pages 817-821

  Eggers, P ^a   Austin, D ^a   Hathcock, L ^a   Silverman, P ^a   Ahmed, F ^a   Outten, E ^a   Postell, M ^a   Rouse, L ^a   Waring, J ^a   Kretsinger, K ^b   Mijalski, C ^b   Nuorti, P ^b   Cassiday, P ^b   Kudish, K ^c   Cohn, A ^c  

^a Delaware Div of Public Health   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PERTUSSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIGION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DELAWARE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; VACCINATION; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 33746856385     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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