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Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for Diagnosis of Bordetella Infections
1 Oct 2005
Abstract excerpt
The global epidemiology of pertussis has recently been reviewed (12, 15). Bordetella pertussis continues to circulate even in populations where high vaccination coverage of infants and children is achieved (15, 23), because the protection after natural infection wanes after 10 to 15 years and protection after vaccination lasts for 6 to 10 years (15). A significant increase of pertussis cases was observed in the...
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