Abstract (partim)
Pertussis activity in England in 2012 was at its highest level for more than 12 years, leading to an increased number of deaths, especially among infants who were too young to be vaccinated. To support decision making on the introduction of maternal immunisation as an outbreak response measure to prevent these early deaths, we analysed reported deaths amongst infants of less than one year of age during the period from 2001 to 2011 with a capture/recapture analysis.

Plus d’informations : van Hoek AJ, Campbell H, Amirthalingam G, Andrews N, Miller E. The number of deaths among infants under one year of age in England with pertussis : results of a capture/recapture analysis for the period 2001 to 2011. Euro Surveill. 2013 ;18(9):pii=20414.