STANFORD, Calif. -- For immediate release: 8/2/12
(Stanford, CA) – The Centers for Disease Control has reported that the U.S. is on track to have a worst-in-six-decades year for pertussis, or whooping cough, with more than 18,000 cases reported so far in 2012.
Physician-researcher Yvonne Maldonado, MD, chief of pediatric infectious disease at Packard Children’s and professor at the Stanford School of Medicine, is available to media for interviews and expert comment about this highly contagious respiratory disease. Dr. Maldonado can discuss with reporters:
Dr. Maldonado is internationally known for her research on infectious diseases that affect children, including measles, polio and HIV. In addition to Dr. Maldonado’s commentary, the California Department of Public Health offers a pertussis resource page for the public at https://archive.cdph.ca.gov/healthinfo/discond/pages/pertussis.aspx.
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