Adolescent and adult pertussis - Lack of data from South Asian and African regions

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 570-

  Syed, Muhammad Ali ^a  

^a KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AFRICA; BANGLADESH; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; PERTUSSIS; PREVALENCE; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; VACCINATION;

EID: 84861869378     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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