Infantile Pertussis Rediscovered in China
Immunization against pertussis was introduced in China in the 1960s. Since the 1970s, no culture-confirmed pertussis cases have been reported in the country. We report six infants with culture-confirmed pertussis, who were initially diagnosed as having other respiratory diseases, at Beijing Children...
Main Authors: | Jingmin Wang, Yonghong Yang, Jie Li, Jussi Mertsola, Heikki Arvilommi, Lin Yuan, Xuzhuang Shen, Qiushui He |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2002-08-01
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Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/8/01-0442_article |
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