Recent increase in pertussis incidence in Korea: an age-period-cohort analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Pertussis or whooping cough-one of the most contagious diseases-is caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Bordetella pertussis. Despite a high vaccination rate, Korea recently experienced a resurgence of pertussis. This study explores patterns and possible explanations for this resurgence through an age-period-cohort analysis.

Methods

Using secondary data from the infectious disease portal of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency and the Korea Statistical Information Service of Statistics Korea, this study analyzed the incidence of pertussis in Korea to determine which factors contributed to the recent increase using an age-period-cohort model.

Results

Analysis of the age effect indicated that the age group most vulnerable to pertussis was 0-year t

SUBMITTER: Kim C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8666685 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature