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Pertussis surveillance in French hospitals: results from a 10 year period.

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We present 10 years of results from a paediatrician hospital network surveillance in France, set up in 1996 to monitor the trend of pertussis (whooping cough) in children and the impact of the vaccination strategies. Microbiologists from 43 hospitals that participate in the network on a voluntary basis notify pertussis diagnosis, and paediatricians complete a questionnaire for the infants under 6 months that fulfil the microbiological, clinical or epidemiological case definition. The network covers about 30% of pertussis cases seen in French hospitals.

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pasteur-00169331 , version 1 (03-09-2007)

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I. Bonmarin, Daniel Levy-Bruhl, S. Baron, N. Guiso, E. Njamkepo, et al.. Pertussis surveillance in French hospitals: results from a 10 year period.. Eurosurveillance, 2007, 12 (1), epub ahead of print. ⟨10.2807/esm.12.01.00678-en⟩. ⟨pasteur-00169331⟩

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