High healthcare resource utilisation due to pertussis in Australian adults aged 65 years and over.
CONCLUSION: We found a substantial excess outpatient healthcare burden among adults aged 65 years and over with PCR-confirmed pertussis, supporting further evaluation of preventive measures.
PMID: 32220516 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Vaccine - Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Leong RNF, Wood JG, Liu B, McIntyre PB, Newall AT Tags: Vaccine Source Type: research
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