Pertussis Infection in Fully Vaccinated

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Emerging Infectious Diseases

31861 bytes, updated 11-08-02 Pertussis Infection in Fully Vaccinated

Children in Day-Care Centers, Israel

Isaac Srugo,* Daniel Benilevi,* Ralph Madeb,* Sara Shapiro,â€

Tamy Shohat,‡ Eli Somekh,§ Yossi Rimmar,* Vladimir Gershtein,â€

Rosa Gershtein,* Esther Marva,¶ and Nitza Lahatâ€

*Department of Clinical Microbiology, Bnai Zion Medical Center,

Haifa, Israel; †Serology Laboratory, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel;

‡Israel Center for Disease Control, Tel Aviv, Israel; §Wolfson Medical Center,

Tel Aviv, Israel; ¶Public Health Laboratories, Jerusalem, 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 asymptomatic reservoirs for infection.

 

 

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