title: Pertussis outbreak in northwest Ireland, January - June 2010.
abstract: We report a community pertussis outbreak that occurred in a small town located in the northwest of Ireland. Epidemiological investigations suggest that waning immunity and the absence of a booster dose during the second year of life could have contributed to the outbreak. The report also highlights the need to reinforce the surveillance of pertussis in Ireland and especially to improve the clinical and laboratory diagnosis of cases.
authors.affiliation: Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC), Dublin, Ireland. annesophie.barret@hse.ie
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Barret
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Breslin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cullen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grogan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bourke
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cotter
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007109:Immunity / Q000276:immunology; D007117:Immunization, Secondary / Q000379:methods*; D007223:Infant; D007494:Ireland / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010567:Pertussis Vaccine / Q000276:immunology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012307:Risk Factors; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission
chemical_list: D010567:Pertussis Vaccine