title: Cocoon of health: physicians try cocooning against williamson county pertussis.
abstract: Williamson county--just north of Austin--is in the midst of a full-blown pertussis outbreak that has physicians, public health officials, and other health care professionals fighting its spread and trying to save children's lives with a relatively new tactic called "cocooning." The strategy protects tiny, unvaccinated infants by encouraging Tdap immunizations among all adults and children who have close contact with newborns.
authors.affiliation: crystal.conde@texmed.org
authors.forename: Crystal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Conde
mesh_terms: D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians; D011634:Public Health; D013781:Texas; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000517:prevention & control