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Revisiting the epidemiology of pertussis in Canada, 1924-2015: a literature review, evidence synthesis, and modeling study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Disease surveillance is central to the public health understanding of pertussis epidemiology. In Canada, public reporting practices have significantly changed over time, creating challenges in accurately characterizing pertussis epidemiology. Debate has emerged over whether pertussis resurged after the introduction of adsorbed pertussis vaccines (1981-1985), and if the incidence fell to its pre-1985 after the introduction of acellular pertussis vaccines (1997-1998). Here, we aim to assemble a unified picture of pertussis disease incidence in Canada.

Methods

Using publicly available pertussis surveillance reports, we collected, analyzed and presented Canadian pertussis data for the period (1924-2015), encompassing the pre-vaccine era, introduction of vaccine, changes to vaccine technology, and the introduction of booster doses. Information on age began to be reported since 1952, but age reporting practices (full, partial or no ages) have evolved over time, and varied across provinces/territories. For those cases reported without age each year, we impute an age distribution by assuming it follows that of the age-reported cases.

Results

Below the age of 20?years, the adjusted age-specific incidence from 1969 to 1988 is substantially higher than existing estimates. In children ConclusionsThe results presented here suggest that the surge in the average yearly incidence of pertussis that began in 1988 was weaker than previously inferred, and in contrary to the past findings, below age 5, the average yearly incidence of pertussis from 1999 to 2015 (when the incidence dropped again) has been lower than it was from 1969 to 1988.

SUBMITTER: Thommes E

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7678223 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Revisiting the epidemiology of pertussis in Canada, 1924-2015: a literature review, evidence synthesis, and modeling study.

Thommes Edward E Wu Jianhong J Xiao Yanyu Y Tomovici Antigona A Lee Jason J Chit Ayman A

BMC public health 20201120 1

<h4>Background</h4>Disease surveillance is central to the public health understanding of pertussis epidemiology. In Canada, public reporting practices have significantly changed over time, creating challenges in accurately characterizing pertussis epidemiology. Debate has emerged over whether pertussis resurged after the introduction of adsorbed pertussis vaccines (1981-1985), and if the incidence fell to its pre-1985 after the introduction of acellular pertussis vaccines (1997-1998). Here, we a ...[more]

PMID: 33218317

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Revisiting the epidemiology of pertussis in Canada, 1924-2015: a literature review, evidence synthesis, and modeling study.

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Revisiting the epidemiology of pertussis in Canada, 1924-2015: a literature review, evidence synthesis, and modeling study.

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