Marked decline in pertussis followed reintroduction of pertussis vaccination in Sweden

P Olin; H O Hallander

doi:10.2807/esm.04.12.00084-en

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Marked decline in pertussis followed reintroduction of pertussis vaccination in Sweden
P Olin¹ , H O Hallander ¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden

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Citation style for this article: Olin P, Hallander H O. Marked decline in pertussis followed reintroduction of pertussis vaccination in Sweden. Euro Surveill. 1999;4(12):pii=84. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.04.12.00084-en

Abstract

Immunisation against pertussis with an acellular pertussis vaccine for children at 3, 5, and 12 months was included in the Swedish vaccination programme in January 1996, 17 years after the withdrawal of whole cell vaccine in 1979. Within months coverage r