Pertussis Infection in Fully Vaccinated Children in Day-Care Centers, Israel
Open Access
- 1 October 2000
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 6 (5), 526-529
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0605.000512
Abstract
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 asymptomatic reservoirs for infection.Keywords
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