Pertussis outbreak in northwest Ireland, January-June 2010

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Barret, A S ^a,b   Ryan, A ^c   Breslin, A ^c   Cullen, L ^c   Murray, A ^c   Grogan, J ^d   Bourke, S ^e   Cotter, S ^a  

^a HEALTH PROTECTION SURVEILLANCE CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^d OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^e Aghadark General Practice   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY TITER; APNEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INFANT; IRELAND; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREND STUDY; VACCINATION; VOMITING;

EID: 77957350900     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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