Epidemiological shift in the prevalence of pertussis in Taiwan: implications for pertussis vaccination
Open Access
- 1 April 2007
- journal article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of Medical Microbiology
- Vol. 56 (4) , 533-537
- https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46741-0
Abstract
In Taiwan, routine pertussis immunization has been implemented for more than 40 years and a low incidence of pertussis was maintained until an 80-fold increase in cases occurred in 1992. The unexpected increase emphasized the significance of pertussis. This study evaluated a total of 2452 reported cases of pertussis during 1993–2004 and surveillance data on incidence, age distribution and seasonality. The highest morbidity was in infants agedKeywords
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