Infantile Pertussis Rediscovered in China

Wang, Jingmin; Yang, Yonghong; Li, Jie; Mertsola, Jussi; Arvilommi, Heikki; Yuan, Lin; Shen, Xuzhuang; He, Qiushui

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Infantile Pertussis Rediscovered in China

Published Date:

Aug 2002

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Emerg Infect Dis. 8(8):859-761.

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Wang, Jingmin ; Yang, Yonghong ; Li, Jie ; Mertsola, Jussi ; Arvilommi, Heikki ; ... More ▼

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Immunization against pertussis was introduced in China in the 1960s. Since the 1970s, no culture-confirmed pertussis cases have been reported in the country. We report six infants with culture-confirmed pertussis, who were initially diagnosed as having other respiratory diseases at Beijing Children's Hospital, Beijing.

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