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- Title
Implementation of cocooning against pertussis in a high-risk population.
- Authors
Healy, C Mary; Rench, Marcia A; Baker, Carol J
- Abstract
In 2006, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination of all caregivers of infants aged <1 year ("cocooning") to prevent pertussis-related complications and deaths. We implemented cocooning in a predominantly Hispanic, medically underserved, uninsured population at a Houston hospital. Phase 1 (January 2008-January 2010) provided maternal postpartum Tdap vaccine; Phase 2 (June 2009-January 2010) also vaccinated infant contacts on-site.
- Publication
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2011, Vol 52, Issue 2, p157
- ISSN
1537-6591
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/ciq001