TY - JOUR AU - Skoff, Tami AU - Baumbach, Joan AU - Cieslak, Paul T1 - Tracking Pertussis and Evaluating Control Measures through Enhanced Pertussis Surveillance, Emerging Infections Program, United States T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2015 VL - 21 IS - 9 SP - 1568 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Despite high coverage with pertussis-containing vaccines, pertussis remains endemic to the United States. There have been increases in reported cases in recent years, punctuated by striking epidemics and shifting epidemiology, both of which raise questions about current policies regarding its prevention and control. Limited data on pertussis reported through the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System have proved insufficient to answer these questions. To address shortcomings of national pertussis data, the Emerging Infections Program at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched Enhanced Pertussis Surveillance (EPS), which is characterized by systematic case ascertainment, augmented data collection, and collection of Bordetella pertussis isolates. Data collected through EPS have been instrumental in understanding the rapidly evolving epidemiology and molecular epidemiology of pertussis and have contributed essential information regarding pertussis vaccines. EPS also serves as a platform for conducting critical and timely evaluations of pertussis prevention and control strategies, including targeting of vaccinations and antimicrobial prophylaxis. KW - pertussis KW - whooping cough KW - Bordetella pertussis KW - bacteria KW - surveillance KW - preventable bacterial disease KW - vaccine KW - National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System KW - Enhanced Pertussis Surveillance KW - emerging infections programs KW - Emerging Infections Program KW - EIP KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid2109.150023 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/9/15-0023_article ER - End of Reference