Is adding maternal vaccination to prevent whooping cough cost-effective in Australia?

• Main Authors: Laure-Anne Van Bellinghen (Author), Alex Dimitroff (Author), Michael Haberl (Author), Xiao Li (Author), Andrew Manton (Author), Karen Moeremans (Author), Nadia Demarteau (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pertussis or whooping cough, a highly infectious respiratory infection, causes significant morbidity and mortality in infants. In adolescents and adults, pertussis presents with atypical symptoms often resulting in under-diagnosis and under-reporting, increasing the risk of transmission to more vuln...