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Euro Surveill
; 29(24)2024 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38873794
ABSTRACT
We describe a pertussis outbreak in the Vallès region of Catalonia, from September 2023 to April 2024. Incidence was high in children aged 10-14â¯years compared with previous outbreaks. Limited impact in newborns could be explained by the high vaccination coverage during pregnancy and at 11 months of age in 2022, at 85% and 94.1 %, respectively. A third booster vaccine dose during preadolescence should be considered and vaccination coverage in pregnant women be improved to control future outbreaks.
Subject(s)
Disease Outbreaks , Pertussis Vaccine , Whooping Cough , Humans , Whooping Cough/epidemiology , Whooping Cough/prevention & control , Whooping Cough/diagnosis , Spain/epidemiology , Female , Adolescent , Child , Incidence , Infant , Pertussis Vaccine/administration & dosage , Pregnancy , Child, Preschool , Male , Infant, Newborn , Vaccination/statistics & numerical data , Adult , Vaccination Coverage/statistics & numerical data , Immunization, Secondary , Young Adult , Bordetella pertussis/isolation & purification , Age Distribution , Population Surveillance
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EBioMedicine
; 45: 19-20, 2019 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31248837