Increased risk of chronic suppurative lung disease after measles or pertussis in non-vaccinated children

Vaccine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 402-403

  Montella, Silvia ^a   De Stefano, Sara ^a   Sperlì, Francesco ^a   Barbarano, Federico ^a   Santamaria, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronchiectasis; Measles; Pertussis

Indexed keywords

BRONCHIECTASIS; CHILD; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LETTER; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LOBE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PERTUSSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VACCINATION;

BRONCHIECTASIS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; ITALY; LUNG DISEASES; MEASLES; PNEUMONIA; RISK; VACCINATION; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 33845201194     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.09.045     Document Type: Letter

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