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

oleh: Isaac Srugo, Daniel Benilevi, Ralph Madeb, Sara Shapiro, Tamy Shohat, Eli Somekh, Yossi Rimmar, Vladimir Gershtein, Rosa Gershtein, Esther Marva, Nitza Lahat

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000-10-01

Deskripsi

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.