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Whooping Cough
Scientists at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discuss research in whooping cough
March 25th, 2009
"An international meeting on Bordetella pertussis assay standardization and harmonization was held at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, 19-20 July 2007. The goal of the meeting was to harmonize the immunoassays used for pertussis diagnostics and vaccine evaluation, as agreed upon by academic and government researchers, regulatory authorities, vaccine manufacturers, and the World Health Organization (WHO)," scientists writing in the journal Vaccine report. "The primary objectives were (1) to provide epidemiologic, laboratory, and statistical background for support of global harmonization; (2) to overview the current status of...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-03-25)
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