Open AccessPertussis immunisation in Europe – the situation in late 1999
Author(s) -
H. Therre,
S. Baron
Publication year - 2000
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.05.01.00001-en
Subject(s) - vaccination , medicine , pertussis vaccine , whooping cough , pediatrics , immunization , environmental health , virology , immunology , antibody
The history of pertussis in European countries has clearly shown that immunisation decreases the morbidity associated with the disease. Inactivated whole cell pertussis vaccines (wP) have been used in some national vaccination programmes for over 30 years