The seroepidemiology of pertussis in Australia during an epidemic period

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1208-1216

  Cagney, M ^a   MacIntyre, C Raina ^b   McIntyre, P ^b   Puech, M ^b   Giammanco, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERTUSSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; HUMANS; INFANT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 33750371445     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880600625X     Document Type: Article

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