Comparison of pertussis surveillance systems in Europe

Vaccine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 291-297

  Tozzi, Alberto E ^a   Pandolfi, Elisabetta ^b   Celentano, Lucia Pastore ^c,d   Massari, Marco ^c   Salmaso, Stefania ^c   Atti, Marta L Ciofi degli ^c  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training   (Italy)

Author keywords

Europe; Population surveillance; Whooping cough

Indexed keywords

PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EUROPE; FATALITY; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICELAND; IRELAND; ITALY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALTA; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SPAIN; STANDARDIZATION; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EUROPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 33845201322     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.07.023     Document Type: Article

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