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Protection against pertussis by immunisation.
Review of all 126 children admitted to the communicable diseases unit with whooping cough during the epidemic in 1978 showed that two had received two doses of triple vaccine and only one had had full primary immunisation against the disease. None of these three children suffered complications of the disease. Of the 123 children who had not been immunised against pertussis, however, 66 had had ...
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An epidemic of whooping cough occurred in a rural practice in Shetland, containing 144 children under 16. Before July 1974 all children were immunised against pertussis, but after that date immunisation was stopped. Of the 134 children studied, 93 had been immunised. Sixty-five of the children developed whooping cough. The incidence of infection was similar in those who had and had not been imm...
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In this paper we describe the validation of three sources of immunisation data in a study of whooping cough in West Glamorgan. The least reliable source was that of the general practitioners and the best was that of the parents, but the area health authority source should be used in future studies provided that sufficient time is allowed for the relevant information to reach the computer.
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Prevention of disease by immunisation has been recognised by the World Bank as one of the public health investments that provides the greatest health gain per dollar spent.1 The success with which New Zealand achieves control of vaccine preventable diseases is one of the key indicators of the performance of our health care system. Unfortunately, included among the many things with which New Zea...
متن کاملPertussis immunisation and serious acute neurological illnesses in children.
OBJECTIVE To determine long term outcome in children who had a severe acute neurological illness in early childhood associated with pertussis immunisation. DESIGN Follow up study of cases and matched controls. SETTING Assessment of children at home and at school throughout Britain. SUBJECTS Children recruited into the national childhood encephalopathy study in 1976-9 were followed up, wit...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.283.6287.382