Children with pertussis inform the investigation of other pertussis cases among contacts

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Baptista, Paulo N ^a   Magalhães, Vera S ^b   Rodrigues, Laura C ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BRAZIL; CHILD; COUGHING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERTUSSIS; THROAT CULTURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EPIDEMIC; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MANDATORY REPORTING; MICROBIOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; NASOPHARYNX; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WHOOPING COUGH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34347373278     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-7-21     Document Type: Article

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