Pertussis immunisation in Europe – the situation in late 1999

H Therre; S Baron; contributors

doi:10.2807/esm.05.01.00001-en

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Pertussis immunisation in Europe – the situation in late 1999
H Therre¹ , S Baron¹ , contributors ²
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Affiliations: ¹ Institut de Veille Sanitaire (InVS), Saint-Maurice, France ² List of contributors who provided data are listed at the beginning of the article

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Citation style for this article: Therre H, Baron S, contributors . Pertussis immunisation in Europe – the situation in late 1999. Euro Surveill. 2000;5(1):pii=1. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.05.01.00001-en

Abstract

The history of pertussis in European countries has clearly shown that immunisation decreases the morbidity associated with the disease. Inactivated whole cell pertussis vaccines (wP) have been used in some national vaccination programmes for over 30 years