OH: 2011 Whooping cough cases

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Source: http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/ne...o-1070289.html

Cases of whooping cough up in Ohio
Clark County numbers not considered high, but 7 cases have been reported here already this year.

...Clark County?s numbers so far do not amount to an outbreak. The county had 23 cases in 2009 and 19 in 2010, said Christina Conover, the health district?s director of nursing.

But statewide there is a concern. In 2010, Ohio saw more than 3,000 cases of pertussis, compared with about 2,200 in 2009, according to the Ohio Disease Reporting Surveillance System.

Nationally, more than 16,800 cases, and 12 infant deaths, were reported in 2009, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

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Re: OH: 2011 Whooping cough cases

Source: http://www.examiner.com/family-healt...worst-25-years

Whooping Cough outbreak in Columbus is worst in 25 years
* March 31st, 2011 6:58 am ET
Jessica Lietz

The ongoing whooping cough (pertussis) outbreak in Columbus and Franklin County is the worst in 25 years, reports Columbus Public Health.

In 2010, 964 cases of pertussis were reported in Columbus and Franklin County of which 620 have been counted (605 confirmed and 15 probable). For 2011 year-to-date, 133 cases of pertussis have been reported of which 89 are already counted (86 confirmed and 3 probable). For the same period last year, there were 89 cases reported of which 60 were counted (60 confirmed)...