Detection of the Presence of Bordetella pertussis by Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction in Children Diagnosed with Pertussis and
among their Household Contacts

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Research Article - (2013) Volume 4, Issue 6

Zehra Diyar Tamburaci Uslu¹^*, Mehmet Ceyhan², Ener Cagri Dinleyici³, Zafer Kurugol⁴, Bedriye Nuray Alpman¹, Eda Karadag Oncel², Venhar Gurbuz², Emre Aycan², Hasan Tezer⁵ and Belgin Gulhan⁶: ¹Clinic of Pediatrics, Cankiri State Hospital, Cankiri, Turkey; ²Department of Pediatrics, Unit of Infectious Diseases, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey; ³Department of Pediatrics, Osmangazi University School of Medicine, Eskisehir, Turkey; ⁴Department of Pediatrics, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey; ⁵Department of Pediatrics, Unit of Infectious Diseases, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey; ⁶Clinic of Pediatrics, Diskapi Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

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