Pertussis in adults with persistent cough: a prospective follow up study in primary care

Procedia in Vaccinology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-80

  Puig Barberà, Joan ^a,b   Díez Domingo, Javier ^b   Pastor Villalba, Eliseo ^c   Garcia Lomas, Juan ^d   Huertas Zarco, Isabel ^c   Pérez Hoyos, Santiago ^e  

^a Centro de Salud Publica de Castellon   (Spain)

^b Centro Superior de Investigacion en Salud Publica CSISP   (Spain)

^c Direccion General de Salud Publica   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adults; Antibodies; Bordetella pertussis; Primary Care; Whooping cough epidemiology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; COUGHING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERTUSSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 71549158495     PISSN: 1877282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.provac.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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