Evaluation of enhanced follow-up for pertussis in children aged 5–9 years in Sydney Local Health District, NSW
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https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2019.43.24Keywords:
pertussis, source of illness, pertussis vaccination, contactsAbstract
Our results suggest that there is little cost-benefit of actively following up pertussis cases aged 5–9 years, however, evaluation studies with larger cohorts of children over longer periods of time with more complete information on source of illness are needed to help confirm these results.
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