Washington State: 2010 Whooping cough cases

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Source: http://www.tdn.com/news/local/articl...cc4c002e0.html

Health officials see spike in whooping cough cases

By The Daily News | Posted: Friday, May 14, 2010 6:13 pm | (0)

The Cowlitz County Health Department has reported a recent significant increase of pertussis, also known as whooping cough.

Between May 5 and May 14, eight confirmed pertussis cases and six suspected cases have been reported in people between the ages of 2 months and 53 years. The health department typically sees between two to five cases per year...

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4 cases of whooping cough worry health officials
pertussis: Other states reporting increase in cases

Four confirmed whooping cough cases in Pierce County in the past two weeks have local health authorities worried about a possible epidemic.
Whooping cough, known in medical circles as pertussis, is highly contagious and one of the most commonly occurring vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States.
In a health advisory issued Thursday, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department announced that, in addition to the four confirmed whooping cough cases, four suspected cases have been reported in Pierce County since late June.

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ROB CARSON; Staff writer
Published: 07/09/1012:05 am


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Source: http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnew...144&feedID=410

Whooping Cough Cases Continue

( CHEHALIS ) ? The unusually high number of people sickened by pertussis in Lewis County so far this year has reached at least 39. Nearly all of them are children. Just seven people in Lewis County were reported with whooping cough last year...

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Source: http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2...rted-in-grant/


Third case of whooping cough reported in Grant County

By Dee Riggs
World staff writer

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

MOSES LAKE ? The third case of whooping cough in nine days has been reported by Grant County Health District officials. The third case is an infant.

?With a third confirmed case, Grant County is at risk of entering into a full pertussis outbreak,? said Dr. Alexander Brzezny, Grant County health officer, in a news release.

He urged people who spend time with children to make sure they are fully immunized against whooping cough, also called pertussis. ?Nearly all? infants with pertussis get the infection from an infected adult, he said.

One of the earlier cases resulted in the death on Aug. 24 of a Grant County infant, health district officials said. The child in the second case is recovering from the illness.

Jefferson Ketchel, health district administrator, said this morning that health officials are trying to determine if there is a connection linking the infected children but no connection has been confirmed so far...

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Source: http://www.statesmanexaminer.com/content/view/38654/1/

Whooping Cough outbreak hits Tri-County area
Wednesday, 03 November 2010

...In a press release to the Statesman-Examiner, Dr. Gray said all three counties (Stevens, Ferry and Pend Oreille) have confirmed cases of Pertussis, ranging from a five-week-old infant to a 74-year-old patient.
To date, there are 44 lab-confirmed and associated cases in the Tri-County area...

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Source: http://othellooutlook.com/?p=15257

Monday, November 15th, 2010 | Posted by admin
Grant County Health declares pertussis outbreak

Grant County Health Officer Dr. Alexander Brzezny has declared a pertussis outbreak in Grant County. New cases of whooping cough (pertussis) in Grant County residents are being investigated by Public Health staff. The first case was reported Aug. 23...

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Source: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/1...-whooping.html

OUTBREAK: 25 cases of whooping cough reported in Grant County
By Herald staff

Moses Lake The Grant County Health District has investigated 25 cases of whooping cough as well as 262 people who came in contact with those cases since Aug. 23...

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Source: http://othellooutlook.com/?p=15550

Local whooping cough outbreak continues

The Grant County Health District has investigated 25 cases of whooping cough, as well as 262 people who came in contact with those cases since Aug. 23.

The individuals with pertussis live in Moses Lake, Ephrata and Quincy, with ages ranging from infant to adult...

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Source: http://dailyrecordnews.com/news/arti...cc4c002e0.html

Pertussis case confirmed in Thorp
School closes early Friday, weekend events canceled

Posted: Friday, December 3, 2010 11:51 am | Updated: 1:52 pm, Fri Dec 3, 2010.
By DAILY RECORD staff Daily Record | 0 comments

THORP?Local health officials are working with the Thorp School District to limit the spread of pertussis after a laboratory confirmed one case of whooping cough this week.

In addition to the confirmed case, another two probable cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, were identified, according to the Kittitas County Public Health Department. All three cases are students from Thorp Elementary School...

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Source: http://www.mynorthwest.com/category/...ted-in-Tacoma/


Updated Dec 14, 2010 - 6:13 pm
Whooping cough outbreak reported in Tacoma

By DAN MITCHINSON
KIRO Radio

Six cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, have been confirmed in Tacoma schools.

The students all attend Washington-Hoyt Elementary...

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Source: http://dailyrecordnews.com/news/arti...cc4c002e0.html

Additional case of whooping cough found in Kittitas County

Posted: Friday, December 17, 2010 10:07 am | Updated: 10:18 am, Fri Dec 17, 2010.


A third laboratory-confirmed case of pertussis has been identified in Kittitas County, according to a news release from Kittitas County Public Health Department.

In addition to the three laboratory-confirmed cases, there are five cases with known exposure and cough lasting more than two weeks, the release said. All but one of the cases are associated with Thorp School District...

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Source: http://www.seattlepi.com/sound/43221...112283419.html

Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Last updated 9:31 a.m. PT
Pertussis strikes Oak Harbor schools

By KATIE MCVICKER
WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES

Students and parents have been notified that an Oak Harbor High School student and Hillcrest Elementary School teacher have been diagnosed with pertussis, more commonly referred to as whooping cough. Both of the individuals came down with a persistent cough and are getting treated with antibiotics.

According to Communicable Disease Coordinator Katie Hicks of Island County Public Health, there have been three confirmed cases of pertussis on Whidbey Island in the past month, but none of them have required hospitalization.

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Source: http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2...-grant-county/

Pertussis outbreak continues in Grant County
By Dee Riggs
World staff writer

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

EPHRATA ? Two more cases of pertussis have been confirmed in Grant County in the past three weeks, bringing to 27 the number of cases since late August...