Pertussis: the resurgence of a public health threat

• Main Authors: Jackeline Aparecida Grando Della Torre (Author), Gabriel Nuncio Benevides (Author), Ana Maria Andrello Gonçalves Pereira de Melo (Author), Cristiane Rúbia Ferreira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pertussis is an acute and very contagious pulmonary disease, clinically characterized by periods of coughing and paroxysms that may cause death. The disease afflicts mainly the pediatric population and is life threatening to children under the age of 1 year. Since the beginning of the second millenn...