A pertussis outbreak associated with social isolation among elderly nuns in a convent

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 266-268

  Mertens, Paul L J M ^a,b   Borsboom, Gerard J J M ^a   Richardus, Jan Hendrik ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGIOUS GROUP; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STAFF;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHOLICISM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 33846125260     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510428     Document Type: Article

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