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Pertussis infection in fully vaccinated children in day-care centers, Israel

Authors :
Tamy Shohat
Isaac Srugo
Esther Marva
Vladimir Gershtein
Sara Shapiro
Daniel Benilevi
Eli Somekh
Nitza Lahat
Yossi Rimmar
Rosa Gershtein
Ralph Madeb
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 6, Iss 5, Pp 526-529 (2000)
Publication Year :
2000

Abstract

We tested 46 fully vaccinated children in two day-care centers in Israel who were exposed to a fatal case of pertussis infection. Only two of five children who tested positive for Bordetella pertussis met the World Health Organization's case definition for pertussis. Vaccinated children may be asymptomatic reservoirs for infection.

Details

ISSN :
10806040
Volume :
6
Issue :
5
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Emerging infectious diseases
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....495ff271e24615d683a0cd804df14237