Self-reported adverse events in adolescents aged 13-18 years after mass vaccination with pertussis-containing vaccine, following a school outbreak

Public Health. 2013 Dec;127(12):1133-6. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2013.09.007. Epub 2013 Nov 22.

Authors

L J McCann¹, K J Ford, A J Pollard, R Kulkarni, G Amirthalingam, A Smith, N D McCarthy

Affiliation

¹ Thames Valley Public Health England Centre, Public Health England, Chilton, UK; Field Epidemiology Training Programme, Public Health England, UK; European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: Lucy.McCann@phe.gov.uk.

PMID: 24275027
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2013.09.007

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control*
Humans
Male
Mass Vaccination / adverse effects*
Pertussis Vaccine / adverse effects*
Schools
Self Report
United Kingdom / epidemiology
Whooping Cough / epidemiology
Whooping Cough / prevention & control*

Substances

Pertussis Vaccine