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Pertussis: A Continuing Hazard for Healthcare Facilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

David J. Weber  and
William A. Rutala
David J. Weber*
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Division, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina(UNO School of Medicine, and the Department of Hospital Epidemiology, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
William A. Rutala
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Division, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina(UNO School of Medicine, and the Department of Hospital Epidemiology, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*
Pediatrics, and Epidemiology, CB #7030 Burnett-Womack, 547, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7030
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 22 , Issue 12 , December 2001 , pp. 736 - 740
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