Vaccination urged as Texas pertussis epidemic continues
Pertussis cases expected to surpass rates in the 1950s in ongoing Texas whooping cough epidemic.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Vaccine exemptions contribute to rising pertussis rates
New York state vaccine exemption rates nearly doubled from 2000 to 2011, and counties with higher proportions of vaccine exemptions reported greater pertussis incidence.
Pertussis mutations may explain whooping cough epidemic
Analyses reveal 2011-2012 U.S. pertussis isolates were negative for pertactin, a virulence factor that is a component of the current accellular vaccine.
Newer pertussis vaccine associated with diminishing immunity
Children who were vaccinated with both whole cell (DTwP) and acellular (DTaP) forms of pertussis vaccine have higher rates of disease, if their first dose was DTaP.
2012 U.S. pertussis rates expected to reach record level
During the first six months of 2012, Washington state reported 2,520 pertussis cases — a 1,300% increase from the first six months of 2011, the CDC reports.
Disease burden highest in infants during pertussis epidemic
Most hospitalizations and all deaths in the 2010 California pertussis outbreak occurred in infants aged younger than 3 months.
Why I’m worried it’s not just croup
With decreased immunization rates, whooping cough seems to be making a comeback, showing its distinctive sound particularly on the Pacific coast.
The 100-day cough: clinicians be(a)ware
Only 5.9% of eligible candidates receive the recommended pertussis booster vaccine, and the disease remains one of the leading causes of vaccine-preventable deaths worldwide.
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