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Pertussis immunization in eight-month-old children in North Carolina.

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Clements, DA; Wilfert, CM; MacCormack, JN; Weigle, KA; Denny, FW
Published in: Am J Public Health
June 1990

Between 1984 and 1987 reported pertussis cases in North Carolina increased threefold. Pertussis immunization rates were examined for those years in three one-year cohorts drawn from a random selection of North Carolina birth records. The percentage of children immunized with three DTPs at eight months of age was 58.1, 58.6, and 56.7 for the three cohorts. Only 20.5 percent of 117 reported pertussis cases in children 9-36 months of age during the last 10 years were adequately immunized. The low pertussis immunization rate may have contributed to the recent increase in pertussis cases in North Carolina.

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Am J Public Health

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ISSN

0090-0036

Publication Date

June 1990

Volume

80

Issue

6

Start / End Page

734 / 736

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Whooping Cough
  • Public Health
  • North Carolina
  • Infant
  • Immunization
  • Humans
  • Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine
  • Child, Preschool
  • Child
  • 42 Health sciences
 

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Clements, D. A., Wilfert, C. M., MacCormack, J. N., Weigle, K. A., & Denny, F. W. (1990). Pertussis immunization in eight-month-old children in North Carolina. Am J Public Health, 80(6), 734–736. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.80.6.734
Clements, D. A., C. M. Wilfert, J. N. MacCormack, K. A. Weigle, and F. W. Denny. “Pertussis immunization in eight-month-old children in North Carolina.Am J Public Health 80, no. 6 (June 1990): 734–36. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.80.6.734.
Clements DA, Wilfert CM, MacCormack JN, Weigle KA, Denny FW. Pertussis immunization in eight-month-old children in North Carolina. Am J Public Health. 1990 Jun;80(6):734–6.
Clements, D. A., et al. “Pertussis immunization in eight-month-old children in North Carolina.Am J Public Health, vol. 80, no. 6, June 1990, pp. 734–36. Pubmed, doi:10.2105/ajph.80.6.734.
Clements DA, Wilfert CM, MacCormack JN, Weigle KA, Denny FW. Pertussis immunization in eight-month-old children in North Carolina. Am J Public Health. 1990 Jun;80(6):734–736.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am J Public Health

DOI

ISSN

0090-0036

Publication Date

June 1990

Volume

80

Issue

6

Start / End Page

734 / 736

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Whooping Cough
  • Public Health
  • North Carolina
  • Infant
  • Immunization
  • Humans
  • Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine
  • Child, Preschool
  • Child
  • 42 Health sciences