Whooping Cough
Study Results from University of British Columbia in the Area of Whooping Cough Published
Published in Vaccine Weekly, February 29th, 2012
2012 FEB 29 -- According to the authors of recent research published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, "Parental immunization has been recommended as a 'cocoon' strategy to prevent serious pertussis outcomes in early infancy. We illustrate the high number needed to vaccinate (NNV) for this program based on recent epidemiologic data from the provinces of Quebec and British Columbia (BC), Canada."
"Surveillance trends were summarized for the period 1990-2010. Hospitalization, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and mortality data were compiled from 2000 to 2009. The proportion of infant pertussis attributed to a parent was estimated at 35%,...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2012-02-29)
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