Pertussis resurgence in Toronto, Canada: a population-based study including test-incidence feedback modeling
Open Access
- 7 September 2011
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Public Health
- Vol. 11 (1) , 694
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-694
Abstract
Pertussis continues to challenge medical professionals; recently described increases in incidence may be due to age-cohort effects, vaccine effectiveness, or changes in testing patterns. Toronto, Canada has recently experienced increases in pertussis incidence, and provides an ideal jurisdiction for evaluating pertussis epidemiology due to centralized testing. We evaluated pertussis trends in Toronto using all available specimen data, which allowed us to control for changing testing patterns and practices.Keywords
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