Open AccessThe Number Needed to Vaccinate to Prevent Infant Pertussis Hospitalization and Death Through Parent Cocoon Immunization
Author(s) -
Danuta M. Skowronski,
Naveed Z. Janjua,
E. P. Sonfack Tsafack,
Manale Ouakki,
Linda Hoang,
Gaston De Serres
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cir836
Subject(s) - medicine , immunization , pediatrics , environmental health , immunology , antibody
Parental immunization has been recommended as a "cocoon" strategy to prevent serious pertussis outcomes in early infancy. We illustrate the high number needed to vaccinate (NNV) for this program based on recent epidemiologic data from the provinces of Québec and British Columbia (BC), Canada.
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