Pertussis, Still a Formidable Foe
Open Access
- 1 December 2007
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 45 (11) , 1487-1491
- https://doi.org/10.1086/522660
Abstract
Pertussis disease remains a major global health problem. Both the public and health care professionals remain poorly informed about the disease caused by Bordetella pertussis. Control is possible. There are now many publications highlighting important immunization strategies to enable significant control of the mortality and morbidity caused by pertussisKeywords
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