A multi-country, multi-year, meta-analytic evaluation of the sex differences in age-specific pertussis incidence rates.

<h4>Background</h4>Pertussis is frequently reported to be more common in females than in males. However, the variability of the sources of these observations makes it difficult to estimate the magnitude and consistency of the sex differences by age. To address this question, we used meta...

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Main Authors: Victoria Peer, Naama Schwartz, Manfred S Green
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231570