Whooping Cough: A Small Drop in Vaccine Protection Can Lead to a Case Upsurge (IMAGE)

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Whooping Cough: A Small Drop in Vaccine Protection Can Lead to a Case Upsurge

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Disease cases of pertussis reported by the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System in the US between the years 1922-2014, shows the decline in disease following the initial use of the DTP (Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis) vaccine, the steady rise in disease beginning around the 1990s, and the recent outbreak years of 2005, 2009 and 2012. Recently-developed vaccines are also indicated: DTaP (Diphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis) and the adolescent booster vaccine Tdap (Tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis).

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CDC, National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System and Supplemental Pertussis Surveillance System and, between 1922-1949, passive reports to the Public Health Service

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