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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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd
2014
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