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

• Main Authors: Laura Iglesias (Author), Antonio Casabella Pernas (Author), Melisa Hernández Febles (Author), Elena Colino Gil (Author), Alicia Eisman Maraver (Author), María José Pena López (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...