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PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
Volume 28, Issue 3, Pages 242-244Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31818a5d69
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pertussis school outbreak; waning immunity; cohort study
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A pertussis outbreak primarily affecting school-age children in Ludwigslust, Germany, was investigated in 2006 to estimate attack rates and relative risk of pertussis according to time since last vaccination, after a complete primary course. Results suggested waning immunity beginning similar to 5 years after the last dose of pertussis vaccination. Most cases could have been prevented by earlier booster vaccination.
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