Whooping cough in school age children presenting with persistent cough in UK primary care after introduction of the preschool pertussis booster vaccination: Prospective cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wang, Kay ^a   Fry, Norman K ^b   Campbell, Helen ^b   Amirthalingam, Gayatri ^b   Harrison, Timothy G ^b   Mant, David ^a   Harnden, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERTUSSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COUGH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; MALE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 84903277022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g3668     Document Type: Article

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