Infantile pertussis rediscovered in China. (Dispatches).

From: Emerging Infectious Diseases | Date: August 1, 2002| Author: Wang, Jingmin; Yang, Yonghong; Li, Jie; Mertsola, Jussi; Arvilommi, Heikki; Yuan, Lin; Shen, Xuzhuang; He, Qiushui | Copyright information

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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Immunization against pertussis was begun in China in the 1960s. Three doses of whole cell pertussis vaccine combined with diphtheri...

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