Update on pertussis and pertussis immunization
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Update on pertussis and pertussis immunization
Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory tract disease caused by Bordetella pertussis infection. The clinical manifestation of this infection can be severe enough to cause death. Although pertussis has been supposed to be a vaccine-preventable disease ever since the widespread vaccination of children against pertussis was started, since the 1990s, cases of pertussis and related fatalities a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Korean Journal of Pediatrics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1738-1061
DOI: 10.3345/kjp.2010.53.5.629