Strategy for Pertussis Prevention in the World Health Organization's European Region

An overview of pertussis and pertussis prevention strategies is presented, with emphasis on the European Region of the World Health Organization (WHO) and regional operational targets. By the year 2000, if children receive three primary doses of pertussis vaccine as infants and reinforcing doses at...

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Published in:The Journal of infectious diseases 1996-11, Vol.174 (Supplement-3), p.S291-S294
Main Author: Dittmann, Sieghart
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age distribution
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Censuses
Countries
Developing countries
Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine - immunology
Dosage
Ent and stomatologic bacterial diseases
Epidemiology
Europe - epidemiology
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Immunization
Immunization programs
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Vaccination
Whooping cough
Whooping Cough - epidemiology
Whooping Cough - prevention & control
World Health Organization
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Summary:An overview of pertussis and pertussis prevention strategies is presented, with emphasis on the European Region of the World Health Organization (WHO) and regional operational targets. By the year 2000, if children receive three primary doses of pertussis vaccine as infants and reinforcing doses at the end of the second year of life, coverage should be ≤5?90%. No district in any country should have
ISSN:0022-1899
1537-6613
DOI:10.1093/infdis/174.Supplement_3.S291