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Pertussis Infection in the United States: Role for Vaccination of Adolescents and Adults
Dennis A. Brooks and Richard Clover
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine November 2006, 19 (6) 603-611; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.19.6.603

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Pertussis Infection in the United States: Role for Vaccination of Adolescents and Adults
Dennis A. Brooks, Richard Clover
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Nov 2006, 19 (6) 603-611; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.19.6.603
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