Affiliation
Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC), Dublin, Ireland. annesophie.barret@hse.ieIssue Date
2010-09-02MeSH
AdolescentBordetella pertussis
Child
Child, Preschool
Disease Outbreaks
Female
Humans
Immunity
Immunization, Secondary
Infant
Ireland
Male
Pertussis Vaccine
Population Surveillance
Risk Factors
Whooping Cough
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Pertussis outbreak in northwest Ireland, January - June 2010. 2010, 15 (35): Euro Surveill.Journal
Euro surveillance : bulletin Européen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletinPubMed ID
20822735Additional Links
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20822735Abstract
We report a community pertussis outbreak that occurred in a small town located in the northwest of Ireland. Epidemiological investigations suggest that waning immunity and the absence of a booster dose during the second year of life could have contributed to the outbreak. The report also highlights the need to reinforce the surveillance of pertussis in Ireland and especially to improve the clinical and laboratory diagnosis of cases.Item Type
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
1560-7917Collections
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