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Whooping Cough (Pertussis) - References

Citations

  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2006). Tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap) vaccine: What you need to know. Vaccine Information Statement. Department of Health and Human Services, National Immunization Program (7/12/06). Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/vis/downloads/vis-tdap.pdf.

  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2006). Preventing tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis among adults: Use of tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid and acellular pertussis vaccine: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and Recommendation of ACIP, supported by the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, for Use of Tdap Among Health-Care Personnel. MMWR, 55(RR-17): 1–37. Also available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5517.pdf.

Other Works Consulted

  • American Academy of Pediatrics (2006). Pertussis (whooping cough). In LK Pickering, ed., Red Book: 2006 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 27th ed., pp. 498–520. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2005). Recommended antimicrobial agents for the treatment and postexposure prophylaxis of pertussis. MMWR, 54(RR-14): 1–16.

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2006). Preventing tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis among adolescents: Use of tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid and acellular pertussis vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR, 55(RR-3): 1–44. Also available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/RR/RR5503.pdf.

  • Cherry JD (2005). The epidemiology of pertussis: A comparison of the epidemiology of the disease pertussis with the epidemiology of bordetella pertussis infection. Pediatrics, 115(5): 1422–1427.

  • Cherry JD, Harrison RE (2006). Bordetella pertussis (whooping cough). In FD Burg et al., eds., Current Pediatric Therapy, 18th ed., pp. 723–727. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

  • Skerrett SJ (2006). Infections due to haemophilus, moraxella, legionella, bordetella, and pseudomonas. In DC Dale, DD Federman, eds., ACP Medicine, section 7, chap. 10. New York: WebMD.

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Last Updated: January 04, 2008
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