This study calculated the costs for society and the impact on the public health of whooping cough in adolescents and adults in the United States.
Updated: Junio 19, 2006 | Read full article...
This study assessed whether children whose parents refuse to immunize them are at greater risk of being infected with pertussis.
Updated: Junio 1, 2009 | Read full article...
In 1997, adolescents and adults accounted for 46% of reported cases of whooping cough; they often spread the disease to young infants, who can die of complications of the disease. This has prompted consideration of booster Tdap immunizations for older age groups.
Updated: Junio 3, 2008 | Read full article...
This study found that the number of deaths due to whooping cough increased in the 1990s, mainly among infants younger than four months of age—too young to have been protected by immunization.
Updated: Febrero 3, 2006 | Read full article...