Open AccessPertussis surveillance in Switzerland, 1992 to 1997 – a large epidemic in 1994. What next?
Author(s) -
Matter Hc
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.04.12.00051-en
Subject(s) - whooping cough , medicine , vaccination , pediatrics , virology
Cases of whooping cough have been recorded by the Swiss Sentinel Surveillance Network ‘Sentinella’ (SSSN) since June 1991 to monitor pertussis trends in Switzerland and to assess the current vaccination strategy. The Sentinella network consists of a sampl