Epidemiology of pertussis in Alberta, Canada 2004-2015

• Main Authors: Xianfang C. Liu (Author), Christopher A. Bell (Author), Kimberley A. Simmonds (Author), Lawrence W. Svenson (Author), Sumana Fathima (Author), Steven J. Drews (Author), Donald P. Schopflocher (Author), Margaret L. Russell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background We describe the epidemiology of pertussis in Alberta, Canada by person, place, and time between 2004 and 2015, identify outbreak years, and examine vaccination coverage and vaccination timeliness. Methods We used health data from Alberta's Communicable Disease Registry Syste...