Hospitalizations and deaths due to pertussis in children from 1996 to 2013

Objectives: To assess temporal trends of hospitalizations and deaths from pertussis in Brazilian children in the period of 1996–2013. Methods: This was a descriptive ecological study of temporal trends, based on the DATASUS database. The number of hospitalizations and deaths from pertussis in childr...

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Main Authors: Janayne F. Mançaneira, Juliana R. Benedetti, Linjie Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755715001047