CLINICAL CASE REPORT: PERTUSSIS INFECTION FOLLOWED BY A PARAPERTUSSIS INFECTION IN THE SAME CHILD
Whooping cough is a vaccine-preventable, acute respiratory disease caused by the gram-negative bacterium Bordetella pertussis. In recent years there has been a worldwide reccurrence of pertussis infection. The most vulnerable group in society are infants under one year of age, they are at the great...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
2024-01-01
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Series: | Problems of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://pipd.ncipd.org/index.php/pipd/article/view/105 |