Finding the ‘Who’ in Whooping Cough: Vaccinated Siblings are Important Pertussis Sources in Infants 6 Months of Age and Under

Objectives: To describe the epidemiology of pertussis, and to identify changes in the source of pertussis in infants 6 months of age and under, during the 2008–2012 epidemic in south metropolitan Perth. Design and setting: Analysis of all pertussis cases notified to the South Metropolitan Population...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bertilone, C., Wallace, T., Selvey, Linda
Format: Journal Article
Published: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing 2014
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Online Access:http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/cda-cdi3803c.htm
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37016