Effectiveness of Prenatal Tdap Immunization in the Prevention of Infant Pertussis in the United States
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At Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Sistemas Locales de Atención Integral a la Salud, León (SILAIS-León), Leon, Nicaragua; Hospital Escuela Oscar Danilo Rosales Argüello (HEODRA), León, Nicaragua, Leon, Nicaragua; Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Epidemiology, Sistemas Locales de Atención Integral a la Salud, León (SILAIS-León), León, Nicaragua; Epidemiology, Hospital Escuela Oscar Danilo Rosales Argüello (HEODRA), León, Nicaragua, Leon, Nicaragua; Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Microbiology, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Nicaragua, León, León, Nicaragua
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