Infants hospitalised with pertussis: Estimating the true disease burden

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 617-622

  Somerville, Rebecca L ^a,b   Grant, Cameron C ^a,b   Grimwood, Keith ^c,d   Murdoch, David ^d,e   Graham, David ^f   Jackson, Pamela ^d,g   Meates Dennis, Maud ^d,e   Nicholson, Ross ^h   Purvis, Diana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^f WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^g DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^h Kidz First Hospital   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hospitalisation; Infant; New Zealand; Surveillance; Whooping cough

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; COMORBIDITY; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 34547661483     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01154.x     Document Type: Article

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