Hospital-acquired pertussis among newborns - Texas, 2004

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 57, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 600-603

  Hood, J L ^a   Murphey, D K ^a   Dunn, J J ^a  

^a Children's Hospital A   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PERTUSSIS; UNITED STATES;

CONTACT TRACING; CROSS INFECTION; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-ACELLULAR PERTUSSIS VACCINES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; TEXAS; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 44849139356     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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