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Pertussis : epidemiology, immunology, and evolution / edited by Pejman Rohani and Samuel V. Scarpino.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Whooping cough.
- Whooping cough--Epidemiology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a respiratory disease caused primarily by infection with the bacterium Bordetella pertussis and remains the leading cause of death amongst vaccine-preventable diseases worldwide. This volume aims to synthesize the current understanding of this critically important, global pathogen.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-185001-2
- 0-19-253986-8
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