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Outbreaks Of Pertussis - Articles
The California pertussis outbreak of 2010
by
Kev Leitch
Posted
Tue 03 Aug 2010 9:35pm
If you haven’t already heard, California is in the midst of a major outbreak of pertussis (whooping cough). The California Department of Public Health is predicting that this could be the biggest outbreak in 50 years.
Here is a graph from the CDC ( via the LA Times ) which shows the number of pertussis cases
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The Pertussis Outbreak in California Revised
by
MJ
Posted
Thu 19 Aug 2010 4:10pm
About a week ago I presented some data about the pertussis (whooping cough) outbreak in California and the US as a whole and suggested that the overall picture for the country was mixed. Media outlets had been calling this the worst outbreak in 50 years but the number of cases for the country as a whole and for the majority of states were down
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Tdap Vaccine Protects Against Pertussis During Outbreak
by
Poh Tin Tan
Posted
Wed 21 Jul 2010 12:55am
, and acellular pertussis booster — effectively protected adolescents during a pertussis outbreak in the U.S. Virgin Islands, investigators reported online June 25th in Clinical Infectious..., Bordetella pertussis was isolated in culture or patients had positive PCR or serological test results. Clinical cases (cough for at least 14 days along with whoop, post-tussive
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The Pertussis Outbreak in California (Updated)
by
MJ
Posted
Wed 11 Aug 2010 5:14pm
As I talked about a few weeks back , California has been experiencing an outbreak of whooping cough (pertussis) over the past two or three months. For a while there were a lot of articles and blog posts about how this outbreak was the fault of the "anti-vaxers" but fortunately these articles have mostly died down.
However, these articles
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Defra funds team to build microarray biochip to detect disease outbreaks
by
Albin P.
Posted
Fri 12 Sep 2008 3:37pm
A single test for more than 600 deadly viruses is being developed by a group of Defra -funded scientists, offering the possibility of spotting a disease outbreak in hours... and resources in the event of an outbreak It will also help to quickly identify when a virus has jumped from one species to another and when new strains of existing disease emerge
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Defra funds team to build microarray biochip to detect disease outbreaks
by
Albin P.
Posted
Sun 28 Sep 2008 11:13pm
A single test for more than 600 deadly viruses is being developed by a group of Defra -funded scientists, offering the possibility of spotting a disease outbreak in hours... and resources in the event of an outbreak It will also help to quickly identify when a virus has jumped from one species to another and when new strains of existing disease emerge
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Cellphones reveal emerging disease outbreaks
by
Adam Chee
Posted
Wed 27 Oct 2010 12:00am
in the movement and communication patterns of infected people.
Epidemiologists know that disease outbreaks change mobility patterns, but until now have been unable to track these patterns... outbreaks in Rwanda between 2006 and 2009. He saw a clear reduction in people’s movement, which may have been due to the disease. But the outbreak was caused by floods, which also
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From ABC News More on Pertussis Epidemic in Washington
by
Cheri Fraker
Posted
Tue 08 May 2012 3:08am
Alert: Outbreaks of Pertussis/Whooping Cough now declared an epidemic. News today reported outbreak reaching 1,132 cases of Whooping Cough in Washington State. CDC reports incidence is now 10x higher this year than last year. In 2011, California saw the most cases 9.143 cases in the US and reported 10 infant deaths. Another infant died yesterday. ...
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California Pertussis Recommendation - Dr. Bob is Wrong
by
sheldon101
Posted
Fri 27 Aug 2010 11:47am
There is an outbreak of Pertussis in California. Those dying are infants under 3 months because they are not old enough to be successfully immunized through vaccination... a pertussis outbreak is occurring or living in a community in which a pertussis outbreak is occurring . [emphasis added]
The CDC in the transcript of a short video dated July 2
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