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Pertussis: The Disease and the Vaccine

Pertussis still causes significant morbidity: average duration of the illness is six to eight weeks. Almost one third of infants have complications including weight loss, apneic spells, otitis media, pneumonia, and seizures. Encephalopathy occurs in approximately one in 2000 infants: one third die a...

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Main Author: Gold, Ronald
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1986
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2327589/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21274243
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