A countywide outbreak of pertussis: initial transmission in a high school weight room with subsequent substantial impact on adolescents and adults

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Mark J SotirJeffrey P Davis

Abstract

To describe a large communitywide pertussis outbreak where aggressive diagnostic and treatment measures were used to control the outbreak. Retrospective analysis, May 2003 through February 2004. Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin (population 98,882). Health department personnel conducted case and contact investigations of suspected outbreak-associated illnesses using standard pertussis reporting forms and clinical evaluation and management protocols. Persons with compatible illness were tested for Bordetella pertussis using culture and for B pertussis DNA using polymerase chain reaction. Cases were classified using Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists definitions. Health alerts and aggressive testing and treatment of suspected cases of pertussis illness and contact prophylaxis in the community. Incidences by age, onsets over time, and vaccine coverage in case patients. We identified 261 pertussis cases among county residents; 149 (57%) were laboratory confirmed. Of the first 57 case patients, 47% reported using a particular high school weight room. Pertussis incidence was high in all age groups; 86% of case patients were 10 years or older. Among 156 case patients with reported vaccination histories, 84% had received 5 or...Continue Reading

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