Open AccessPertussis eradication: a challenge for public health
Author(s) -
Stefania Salmaso
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.04.12.00050-en
Subject(s) - public health , medicine , clinical trial , vaccination , pertussis vaccine , whooping cough , child health , environmental health , pediatrics , political science , family medicine , immunology , immunization , pathology , antigen
Pertussis and pertussis vaccination, particularly the almost simultaneous conduct of different clinical trials in various parts of Europe, has generated much debate in the past ten years. Nonetheless many important public health aspects still need to be c