Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link
Volume 21, Number 9—September 2015
THEME ISSUE
Emerging Infections Program
Emerging Infections Program

Tracking Pertussis and Evaluating Control Measures through Enhanced Pertussis Surveillance, Emerging Infections Program, United States

Tami H. SkoffComments to Author , Joan Baumbach, and Paul R. Cieslak
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (T.H. Skoff); New Mexico Department of Health, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA (J. Baumbach); Oregon Health Authority, Portland, Oregon, USA (P.R. Cieslak)

Main Article

Figure 1

Reported pertussis cases from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, United States, 1922–2013. Inset show cases during 1990–2013. Data for 1950–2013 were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System and Supplemental Pertussis Surveillance System. Data for 1922–1949 were obtained from passive reports to the US Public Health Service. DTP, diphtheria and tetanus toxoids combined with whole-cell pertussis vaccine; DTaP,

Figure 1. Reported pertussis cases from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, United States, 1922–2013. Inset show cases during 1990–2013. Data for 1950–2013 were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System and Supplemental Pertussis Surveillance System. Data for 1922–1949 were obtained from passive reports to the US Public Health Service. DTP, diphtheria and tetanus toxoids combined with whole-cell pertussis vaccine; DTaP, diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine; Tdap, reduced-dose acellular pertussis vaccine combined with tetanus and diphtheria toxoids.

Main Article

Page created: August 12, 2015
Page updated: August 12, 2015
Page reviewed: August 12, 2015
The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above.
file_external