A pertussis outbreak associated with social isolation among elderly nuns in a convent.

Autor: Mertens PL; Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. paul.mertens@planet.nl, Borsboom GJ, Richardus JH
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America [Clin Infect Dis] 2007 Jan 15; Vol. 44 (2), pp. 266-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2006 Dec 08.
DOI: 10.1086/510428
Abstrakt: The pertussis incidence during an outbreak in a convent in The Netherlands in 1992 was higher among 75 retired (unvaccinated) nuns (60%) than among 24 staff members (8%) and was higher among 9 nuns with only a convent career (100%) than among 66 nuns who had a career outside of the convent (55%). The pertussis incidence increased with duration of social isolation but not with age.
Databáze: MEDLINE