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Although infections such as measles and pertussis are much more likely to kill a child who
is malnourished, these infections can also kill healthy, well-nourished children. Malnutrition
was not a contributing factor in the deaths of any of the children who died of pertussis in the
United States in 199293.
This document was published by the Canadian Paediatric society, 1997.
Posted by the
Canadian Paediatric Society, July 1997.