Pertussis: A Global Perspective

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Editorial

S A Halperin. Can Commun Dis Rep. 2014.

. 2014 Feb 7;40(3):55-58.

doi: 10.14745/ccdr.v40i03a05.

¹ . Canadian Center for Vaccinology, Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS.

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