Rationale for the administration of acellular pertussis vaccine to parents of infants in the neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-3

  Shah, S ^a   Caprio, M ^b   Mally, P ^b   Hendricks Munoz, K ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PALIZUMAB; PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; GRANDPARENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT MORTALITY; MEDICAL CARE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENT; PERTUSSIS; PREMATURITY; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-ACELLULAR PERTUSSIS VACCINES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; PARENTS; VACCINATION; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 33845811016     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211626     Document Type: Article

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