National pertussis surveillance in South Korea 1955–2011: epidemiological and clinical trends | Zendy

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National pertussis surveillance in South Korea 1955–2011: epidemiological and clinical trends

Author(s) -

Young June Choe,

Young-Joon Park,

Chaewon Jung,

GeunRyang Bae,

Duk-Hyoung Lee

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.07.012

Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , pediatrics , epidemiological surveillance , immunization , demography , immunology , antigen , sociology

Although there has been substantial progress in controlling pertussis in South Korea, the reported number of pertussis case-patients has gradually been increasing during the last decade. To address this, we summarized the surveillance data on pertussis collected during the period 1955-2011. Detailed epidemiologic and clinical data were determined, primarily using data from recent years.

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