Pertussis outbreak in northwest Ireland, January – June 2010

A S Barret; A Ryan; A Breslin; L Cullen; A Murray; J Grogan; S Bourke; S Cotter

doi:10.2807/ese.15.35.19654-en

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Pertussis outbreak in northwest Ireland, January – June 2010
A S Barret^1,2 , A Ryan³ , A Breslin³ , L Cullen³ , A Murray³ , J Grogan⁴ , S Bourke⁵ , S Cotter¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC), Dublin, Ireland ² European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden ³ Department of Public Health, Health Services Executive North West, Sligo, Ireland ⁴ Our Lady’s Sick Children’s Hospital (OLSCH), Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland ⁵ Aghadark General Practice, Ballinamore, Ireland

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Citation style for this article: Barret A S, Ryan A, Breslin A, Cullen L, Murray A, Grogan J, Bourke S, Cotter S. Pertussis outbreak in northwest Ireland, January – June 2010. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(35):pii=19654. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.15.35.19654-en Received: 30 Aug 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.