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Pertussis Outbreak in Hospitalized Newborns Traced to Health-Care Worker
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Title Pertussis Outbreak in Hospitalized Newborns Traced to Health-Care Worker
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/575634?src=rss
Description Public health officials investigating a 2004 pertussis outbreak among newborns in Texas identified the source as a health-care worker employed by the hospital where the patients were born. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Infectious Diseases
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Date Jun 8, 2008
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