Better recognition of whooping cough in older people

Better recognition of whooping cough in older people
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  1. Douglas Jenkinson, retired general practitioner
  1. Gotham, Nottingham, UK
  1. dougjenkinson{at}btinternet.com

It is difficult to share Smout and colleagues’ optimism that increasing primary immunisation above 92.9% might control whooping cough, given that it is a relatively poor vaccine and that whooping cough is most infectious before the characteristic cough can be recognised.1 Pertussis is here to stay.

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The epidemiology of pertussis in the vaccine era is not well understood. Neither natural infection nor whole cell vaccine approaches lifelong protection, and the various …



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