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. 2013 May-Jun;17(3):385-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2012.11.003. Epub 2013 Apr 19.

Pertussis: a re-emerging or under diagnosed infectious disease?

Vlademir V Cantarelli, Elias R Hoffmann, Douglas B Fitarelli, Liriane Comerlato, Cláudio C Baungarten

Pertussis: a re-emerging or under diagnosed infectious disease?

Vlademir V Cantarelli et al. Braz J Infect Dis. 2013 May-Jun.
No abstract available

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