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Pertussis Vaccine

Strategies for pertussis immunization in Europe outlined

Published in Vaccine Weekly, August 10th, 2005

Researchers present the implementation strategies recommended for pertussis immunization in the Global Pertussis Initiative European region in a recent issue of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

According to recent research from Germany, "Approaches to pertussis diagnosis, surveillance, and immunization vary widely across Europe. Nonetheless most countries report high levels of vaccine coverage in infants and toddlers, and significant reductions in infant morbidity and mortality have been achieved. As a consequence of the effective protection of infants and toddlers, the absolute incidence of pertussis has substantially decreased, but the relative...

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