*Corresponding Author: Olga Tzetzi, President of the Association of Private Practice Paediatricians of Northern Greece.

Received: May 22, 2024; Published: July 01, 2024

Abstract

It seems like an alert from ECDC has been issued again, referring to the ten - fold increase in pertussis cases in European countries, as well as in the United Kingdom and the USA. Therefore, the need to increase vaccination rates against pertussis arises again.

References

1. ECDC assessment: “Increase of pertussis cases in the EU/EEA” (2024).
2. CDC: “About Whooping Cough outbreaks” (2024).
3. The Guardian: “Five babies in England reported dead after developing whooping cough, Linda Geddes” (2024).
4. NBC News: “Whooping cough rising sharply in some countries. Why you may need a booster”. Kaitlin Sullivan (2024).
5. Reuters: “Whooping cough epidemic sweeps Europe, health agency says” (2024).
6. “Bell” for pertussis, Vasilis Venizelos, newspaper Apogevmatini (2024).

Citation

Citation: Olga Tzetzi and Vasillis Venizelos. “Pertussis Epidemic Sweeps Europe. What Happens in Greece".Acta Scientific Paediatrics 7.8 (2024): 01.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2024 Olga Tzetzi and Vasillis Venizelos. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.