Analysis of Bordetella pertussis agglutinin titers during an outbreak of pertussis at a university in Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-112

  Kamano, Hiroshi ^a   Mori, Tomomi ^a   Maeta, Hajime ^a   Taminato, Tomohiko ^a   Ishida, Toshihiko ^b   Kishimoto, Nobuhito ^c   Katami, Tomohiko ^d   Sato, Makoto ^e   Kamachi, Kazunari ^f   Mochida, Yoshiyuki ^g  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Takamatsu City Hospital   (Japan)

^d Katami Clinic   (Japan)

^e Sato Clinic of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^g SRL INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERTUSSIS; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTININS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WHOOPING COUGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950684632     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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