Adult and adolescent pertussis should not be underestimated!

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 244-245

  Syed, Muhammad Ali ^a   Bukhari, Syed Habib Ali ^a  

^a Chak Shehzad Campus ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MASS IMMUNIZATION; PAKISTAN; PERTUSSIS;

EID: 76749113907     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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