Pertussis, still a formidable foe

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1487-1491

  Forsyth, Kevin ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VACCINATION;

EID: 40949101718     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522660     Document Type: Review

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