Open AccessA Community-wide Pertussis Outbreak
Author(s) -
Sean Schafer,
H. P. S. Gillette,
Katrina Hedberg,
Paul R. Cieslak
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.166.12.1317
Subject(s) - outbreak , medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , incidence (geometry) , population , demography , pediatrics , epidemiology , young adult , environmental health , gerontology , physics , virology , sociology , optics
Pertussis incidence has increased in the United States since 1980, punctuated by outbreaks that involve adults and adolescents. We investigated a community-wide outbreak and studied risk factors among adults to identify prevention and control opportunities.
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