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Whooping cough in nursery school children

A Roberts, W O Williams

    The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
    |August 1, 1981
    PubMed

    Insights

    An explosive whooping cough outbreak occurred in West Glamorgan nursery schools with low vaccination rates. Researchers recommend extending the quarantine period for whooping cough to four weeks to control spread.

    Area of Science:

    • Epidemiology
    • Public Health

    Background:

    • Whooping cough (pertussis) outbreaks pose significant risks in unvaccinated populations.
    • Nursery schools are high-transmission environments for infectious diseases.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To describe a whooping cough outbreak in West Glamorgan nursery schools.
    • To evaluate the impact of vaccination status on disease transmission.
    • To recommend revised quarantine guidelines for pertussis.

    Main Methods:

    • Observational study of an infectious disease outbreak.
    • Analysis of case data in relation to vaccination coverage.
    • Review of existing quarantine protocols.

    Main Results:

    • Explosive whooping cough outbreaks were observed in nursery schools.
    • Outbreaks were most severe in settings with low child vaccination rates.
    • The study period coincided with a large regional pertussis epidemic.

    Conclusions:

    • Low vaccination coverage facilitates explosive outbreaks of whooping cough.
    • A four-week quarantine period is recommended for whooping cough to prevent further transmission.

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