Effectiveness of parental cocooning as a vaccination strategy to prevent pertussis infection in infants: a case-control study
- Rowe, Stacey L.
- Tay, Ee Laine
- Franklin, Lucinda J.
- Stephens, Nicola
- Ware, Robert S.
- Kaczmarek, Marlena C.
- Lester, Rosemary A.
- Lambert, Stephen B.
DOIAbstract
Background: During a pertussis epidemic in 2009, the Department of Health, Victoria, Australia, implemented a cocoon program offering parents of new babies a funded-dose of pertussis-containing vaccine. We assessed vaccine effectiveness (VE) of the program in reducing pertussis infection in infants. Methods: Using a matched case-control design, infants age
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