PERTUSSIS OUTBREAK IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN LUDWIGSLUST, GERMANY DEMONSTRATING THE ROLE OF WANING IMMUNITY
- 1 March 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
- Vol. 28 (3) , 242-244
- https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0b013e31818a5d69
Abstract
A pertussis outbreak primarily affecting school-age children in Ludwigslust, Germany, was investigated in 2006 to estimate attack rates and relative risk of pertussis according to time since last vaccination, after a complete primary course. Results suggested waning immunity beginning ∼5 years after the last dose of pertussis vaccination. Most cases could have been prevented by earlier booster vaccination.Keywords
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