Author:
Bamberger Ellen,Starets-Haham Orna,Greenberg David,Karidis Argyro,Porat Nurit,Bar-Joseph Gad,Gershtein Rosa,Srugo Isaac
Abstract
We report 4 cases involving the likely transmission of pertussis from parents to newborns in a hospital setting. The adoption of proper infection control measures and targeted screening of parents may reduce the potential for such transmission.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),Epidemiology
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