RT Book, Section
A1 Connelly, Beverly L.
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 7027442
T1 Chapter 278. Pertussis
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7027442
RD 2024/04/18
AB The  World  Health  Organization  estimated  in  2002  that  nearly  300,000  children  died  from  pertussis.1  In  the  United  States,  in  spite  of  widespread  vaccination  there  has  been  a  steady  rise  in  the  number  of  pertussis  cases  reported  to  the  Centers  for  Disease  Control  and  Prevention  (CDC)  over  the  past  the  last  decade,  punctuated  by  several  statewide  outbreaks  in  2004  and  2005.2-5