Adults Often Source of Pertussis
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Adults Often Source of Pertussis
rate of perinatal HIV transmission and to be beneficial in treating early HIV infection. However, the implications of these results for postexposure prophylaxis are uncertain. The short-term toxicity of ZDV in HCWs primarily has been gastrointestinal discomfort and fatigue. In 1990, the Public Health Service (PHS) concluded that a recommendation could not be made for or against the use of ZDV p...
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cough) primarily affects children less than 10 years old, but the number and proportion of cases involving adults have increased over the last decade. In the United States 50% of reported cases have involved people 10 years of age and older. In addition, the disease appears to be as contagious among adults as it is among nonvaccinated children. In August 2002 a 39-year-old man working at an oil...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0899-823X,1559-6834
DOI: 10.1017/s0195941700006342