Pertussis more common in Europe than previously thought

(University of Turku) Although vaccination programmes against pertussis are very effective in Europe, new Finnish study shows that the disease is still very common among middle-aged adults in various European countries. At the same time, the results show that the disease is underdiagnosed as the annually reported figures are considerably lower than those discovered in the study.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news