Publications

pertussis diagnoses among service members and other beneficiaries of the u.s. military health system, january 2005-june 2012.	pertussis ("whooping cough") is a highly infectious respiratory disease caused by the bacterium bordetella pertussis. individuals at highest risk are infants and unvaccinated children; however, there have been recent increases in incidence among adolescent and young adult populations in the united states. during the surveillance period, there were 476 confirmed and 3,073 probable cases of pertussis among u.s. military members and other beneficiaries of the u.s. military health system. among serv ...	2012	22963256
notes from the field: outbreak of pertussis in a school and religious community averse to health care and vaccinations--columbia county, florida, 2013.	on august 30, 2013, the florida department of health in columbia county was notified of a bordetella pertussis laboratory-positive unimmunized child attending a local charter school (316 students from pre-k through 8th grade) in a large religious community averse to health care and vaccinations. kindergarten immunization records showed that only five (15%) of 34 students were fully immunized with pertussis-antigen-containing vaccines. in seventh grade, only one (5%) of 22 students was fully immu ...	2014	25078655
sustained transmission of pertussis in vaccinated, 1-5-year-old children in a preschool, florida, usa.		2016	26814429