Emerging cases of pertussis among early infants born to unvaccinated mothers, an infectious disease long absent in Northwestern Greece

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Alexandros Makis
Assistant Professor in Paediatrics/Paediatric Haematology, Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

Vasileios Grammeniatis
Department of Paediatrics, General Hospital “G. Hatzikosta”, Ioannina

Charis Galati
Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina

Panagiota Kostara
Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina

Evangelia Petridou
Microbiology Laboratory, “Aghia Sofia” Children’s Hospital, Athens

Constantina Gartzonika
Department of Microbiology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina

Athanasios Pappas
Department of Paediatrics, General Hospital “G. Hatzikosta”, Ioannina

Nikolaos Chaliasos
Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina

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Pertussis, infancy, vaccine

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Jun 20, 2017
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.043

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Makis, A. (2017) “Emerging cases of pertussis among early infants born to unvaccinated mothers, an infectious disease long absent in Northwestern Greece”, Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 9(1), p. e2017043. doi: 10.4084/mjhid.2017.043.
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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2017): Review, Original Articles, Case Reports
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Letters to the Editor

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