Pertussis surveillance in Switzerland, 1992 to 1997 – a large epidemic in 1994. What next?

H C Matter; Sentinella Arbeitsgemeinschaft

doi:10.2807/esm.04.12.00051-en

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Pertussis surveillance in Switzerland, 1992 to 1997 – a large epidemic in 1994. What next?
H C Matter¹ , Sentinella Arbeitsgemeinschaft^1,2
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Affiliations: ¹ Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, Viral Diseases and Sentinel Systems, Bern, Switzerland ² Fakultäre Instanz für Allgemeinmedizin (FIAM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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Citation style for this article: Matter H. C., Sentinella Arbeitsgemeinschaft. Pertussis surveillance in Switzerland, 1992 to 1997 – a large epidemic in 1994. What next?. Euro Surveill. 1999;4(12):pii=51. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.04.12.00051-en

Abstract

Cases of whooping cough have been recorded by the Swiss Sentinel Surveillance Network ‘Sentinella’ (SSSN) since June 1991 to monitor pertussis trends in Switzerland and to assess the current vaccination strategy. The Sentinella network consists of a sampl