Pertussis Infection in Fully Vaccinated Children in Day-Care Centers, Israel

We tested 46 fully vaccinated children in two day-care centers in Israel who were exposed to a fatal case of pertussis infection. Only two of five children who tested positive for Bordetella pertussis met the World Health Organization's case definition for pertussis. Vaccinated children may be...

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Main Authors: Isaac Srugo, Daniel Benilevi, Ralph Madeb, Sara Shapiro, Tamy Shohat, Eli Somekh, Yossi Rimmar, Vladimir Gershtein, Rosa Gershtein, Esther Marva, Nitza Lahat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/5/00-0512_article