Temporal trend in the incidence of pertussis and exposures among healthcare workers: descriptive report from a tertiary care hospital for children in Singapore

J Hosp Infect. 2015 Dec;91(4):376-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.09.009. Epub 2015 Oct 9.

Authors

C Y Chong¹, N W H Tan², H Yunos³, S H Lim³, S Acharyya⁴, K C Thoon²

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases, Department of Paediatrics, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Infectious Diseases, Department of Paediatrics, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.
³ Infection Control Unit, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.
⁴ Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore.

PMID: 26520589
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.09.009

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Child
Child, Preschool
Cross Infection / epidemiology*
Cross Infection / prevention & control*
Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control
Health Personnel*
Hospitals, Pediatric
Humans
Incidence
Infection Control / methods*
Occupational Exposure*
Retrospective Studies
Singapore / epidemiology
Tertiary Care Centers
Whooping Cough / epidemiology*
Whooping Cough / prevention & control*