Bordetella pertussis (Whooping Cough) in Latin America: Are we aware of the problem?;Bordetella pertussis en Latinoamérica: ¿Estamos reconociendo el problema?

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 197-199

  Ulloa Gutierrez R ^a   Hernandez De Mezerville M ^a   Avila Aguero M L ^b  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE NIÑOS   (Costa Rica)

^b Ministerio de Salud   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABORATORY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 51449116067     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: 16959531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13125810     Document Type: Editorial

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