Pertussis vaccine effectiveness in reducing clinical disease, transmissibility and proportion of cases with a positive culture after household exposure in Brazil

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 844-846

  Baptista, Paulo N ^a,c   Magalhães, Vera ^a   Rodrigues, Laura C ^b   Rocha, MariaÂngela W ^a   Pimentel, Analíria M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Hospital Universitario Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Pertussis vaccine; Transmissibility; Vaccine effectiveness

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CIRCULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 33748290123     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000232642.25495.95     Document Type: Article

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