Clinical-epidemiological study of Bordetella pertussis infection in the Gran Canaria island in the period, 2008–2016

Objective: Describe the epidemiological and clinical pattern of Bordetella pertussis infection (whooping cough) among hospitalised infants less than one year-old in a paediatric hospital in Gran Canaria. Patients and methods: A retrospective review of the patient hospital records was performed, and...

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Main Authors: Laura Iglesias, Antonio Casabella Pernas, Melisa Hernández Febles, Elena Colino Gil, Alicia Eisman Maraver, María José Pena López
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Elsevier 2018-09-01
Series:Anales de Pediatría (English Edition)
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2341287918301364