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NSW Pertussis Notification Graph (2012-16)

There has been a recent significant increase in the total number of pertussis (whooping cough) notifications in NSW, Australia.

Similar recent increases in infection rates have been seen in other countries. See also California 2014 data and USA map of infection trend.

Pertussis (whooping cough, 100-day cough) is a highly contagious bacterial (Bordetella pertussis) infection prevented by vaccination with the pertussis vaccine. Symptoms are initially similar to the common cold. Neonatal infection can be fatal, with 1% of infected infants under one year of age dying, other complications include: pneumonia (lung infection), convulsions (violent, uncontrolled shaking), apnea (slowed or stopped breathing) and encephalopathy (disease of the brain).

Links: Postnatal - Infectious Diseases School Exclusion | Bacterial Infection | Neonatal Development

Reference

NSW Health Notifiable Conditions Information Management System (NCIMS)(HOIST), Communicable Diseases Branch and Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence, NSW Ministry of Health. http://www0.health.nsw.gov.au/data/diseases/pertussis.asp

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