Trends in hospital admission rates for whooping cough in England across five decades: database studies.

OBJECTIVES: Our aim was to report on trends in hospitalisation rates for pertussis in England from the 1960s to 2011; and to provide context for the recent unexpected activity of Bordetella pertussis in the UK. DESIGN: A retrospective analysis of English national Hospital Episode Statistics (HES, 19...

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Main Authors: Haslam, N, Hoang, U, Goldacre, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd 2014