MT: 2010 Whooping cough cases

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Case of whooping cough confirmed in Lincoln County
Posted: Friday, Jan 22, 2010 - 02:42:57 pm MST

By The Western News
The Lincoln County Health Department announced one confirmed case this week of pertussis, or whooping cough.
Health officials are asking the public to be on the lookout for signs and symptoms of pertussis ? coughing spasms that happen repeatedly, whooping sound with cough, or vomiting after coughing spells. Those with symptoms are advised to call their health-care providers.

For information or to report suspected or confirmed cases of pertussis, call Marci Johnson at 293-4121.

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Pertussis warning
Posted: Thursday, September 2, 2010 12:45 pm

Jami Lynch, RN | 0 comments

Fall is in the air, you can feel the change as there is a chill to the night. The time is now to consider your health, the health of your loved ones, and the protection of the community as fall is the time of year that we start to see influenza, and this year of particular concern is an increase in pertussis (whooping cough).

Nationally, pertussis cases are on the rise. Currently, California is in the midst of a state-wide epidemic of whooping cough. Seven infants, all under two months of age, have died in California. In Montana this year there have already been 34 cases of pertussis reported. In 2005, Montana experienced its worst outbreak of pertussis in the last 50 years. The outbreak began with approximately 84 cases in 2004 and resulted in another 585 pertussis cases in 2005. In 2008, 34 cases of pertussis were identified here in Lake County...

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Health Officials Warn Of Whooping Cough Outbreak
By Kevin Maki
POSTED: 6:46 pm MDT September 23, 2010
UPDATED: 7:03 pm MDT September 23, 2010

MISSOULA, Mont. -- Health officials are warning of an outbreak of whooping cough in Western Montana. The Missoula Health Department's Greg Oliver reports since August Missoula has seen three confirmed cases. Lake County has also confirmed three since August...

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Missoula health officials eye California whooping cough outbreak, local cases


Missoula health officials eye California whooping cough outbreak, local cases

By MICHAEL MOORE of the Missoulian missoulian.com | Posted: Saturday, September 25, 2010 10:30 pm |

..."We're not in alarm mode, but our numbers are creeping up, so it's something we are paying very close attention to," said Brigid O'Connor, an infectious disease specialist for the Missoula City-County Health Department. "We've actually being dealing with contact cases from California, where people have been exposed to people there."

Missoula has three confirmed cases since August, and Lake County has three confirmed cases and 10 more possible, most of which are linked by common exposure. Lewis and Clark County has four confirmed cases...

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Whooping cough case confirmed in Bigfork

Posted: Thursday, December 2, 2010 3:48 pm | Updated: 3:37 pm, Thu Dec 2, 2010.


A case of pertussis, or whooping cough, has been confirmed in the Bigfork School District.

An alert message was sent out to parents Thursday afternoon through the district's new AlertNow Notification System to inform them of the occurrence and of a letter sent home with students, Superintendent Cynthia Clary said...

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Whooping Cough Discovered In Flathead Valley
By Will Wadley
POSTED: 6:17 pm MST December 3, 2010
UPDATED: 6:20 pm MST December 3, 2010

KALISPELL, Mont. -- Doctors have diagnosed at least 5 people in the Flathead with pertussis...

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Flathead Valley Confirms Six Cases Of Whooping Cough
By KECI Staff
POSTED: 5:01 pm MST December 6, 2010

KALISPELL, Mont. -- The Flathead Valley has six confirmed cases of pertussis or whooping cough. What makes this abnormal according to the Flathead County Health Department is that none of the cases are related. This means there is a likelihood of many more people being exposed to the disease....

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Two cases of whopping cough confirmed in Butte-Silver Bow
Posted: Dec 9, 2010 4:23 PM by Melanie Yuill

Two cases of Pertussis, or whooping cough, have been confirmed in Butte-Silver Bow.

Karen Bilson with the Butte-Silver Bow Health Department says one child and one adult became sick with the illness in November...

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16 Confirmed Whooping Cough Cases In Flathead Valley
By Jessica Headley
POSTED: 5:10 pm MST December 14, 2010
UPDATED: 5:13 pm MST December 14, 2010

KALISPELL, Mont. -- The Flathead County whooping cough outbreak has grown so much local health workers want the state health department involved.

"Just last week, we tested several more cases, and one on Friday came back positive," reports Joe Russell, Director of the Flathead County Health Department.

As of Tuesday,16 cases were confirmed which is double the number from last week. That's because health workers uncovered more cases that weren't previously deemed whooping cough...

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Whooping Cough Confirmed In Missoula Day Care
By Annamarie Iannetta
POSTED: 4:56 pm MST December 20, 2010
UPDATED: 4:59 pm MST December 20, 2010

MISSOULA, Mont. -- Missoula health workers worry that whooping cough at a day care in Missoula could spread.

Whooping cough hit the Flathead hard, with 17 confirmed cases. Now health workers in Missoula are urging kids and adults to get a booster shot for pertussis...

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Pertussis Cases In Montana Almost Double From 2009
By Kevin Maki
POSTED: 4:41 pm MST December 22, 2010

UPDATED: 4:49 pm MST December 22, 2010
MISSOULA, Mont. -- There are now 113 confirmed cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, across the state. Most of them are along Highway 93 between Kalispell and Missoula...

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21 Whooping Cough Cases In The Flathead
By Jessica Headley
POSTED: 5:36 pm MST December 29, 2010

KALISPELL, Mont. -- Health officials in the Flathead report 21 cases of whooping cough. Now, there are also cases of influenza confirmed.

That's five more cases of pertussis in the past week...