NM: 2011 Whooping cough cases

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Source: http://www.koat.com/news/29402669/detail.html

Whooping Cough Outbreak Causes Concern
State Health Department Sees Significant Increase In Cases, Especially In Schools

POSTED: 10:57 pm MDT October 5, 2011
UPDATED: 11:06 pm MDT October 5, 2011

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The New Mexico Department of Health has a serious warning for Bernalillo County residents after it said it has seen a significant increase in whooping cough cases recently, especially in schools...

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Source: http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/health/...es-on-the-rise

Whooping cough cases on the rise
Confirmed illness reported at lbuquerque schools

Updated: Friday, 14 Oct 2011, 3:07 PM MDT
Published : Friday, 14 Oct 2011, 3:07 PM MDT

...The New Mexico Department of Health reported Friday there have been 118 confirmed and probable cases and another 27 suspected cases of the contagious respiratory infection statewide since Jan. 1. Of those 81 of the confirmed and probable cases and 16 of the suspect cases are in Bernalillo County...

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Re: NM: 2011 Whooping cough cases

Source: http://www.news-bulletin.com/nb/inde...ugh-cases.html

BHS students warned about two whooping cough cases
Written by Abigail R. Ortiz/News-Bulletin
Saturday, 29 October 2011 07:00

Two Belen High School students came down with whooping cough this week, but administrators are saying that students and staff aren't at risk of being infected...

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Re: NM: 2011 Whooping cough cases

Source: http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/health/...gh-surge-in-nm

Cases of Whopping Cough surge in NM

Updated: Monday, 31 Oct 2011, 5:59 PM MDT
Published : Monday, 31 Oct 2011, 4:58 PM MDT

* Reporter: Amanda Goodman

...?We have had 188 confirmed, probable and suspect pertussis in the state and 130 of those have been in Bernalillo County,? said Dr. Chad Smelser, an epidemiologist with the Department Of Health.

In 2010, Dr. Smelser said there were just 40 cases throughout the entire county...

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Re: NM: 2011 Whooping cough cases

Source: http://www.news-bulletin.com/nb/inde...pertussis.html

BMS students come down with pertussis
Written by Abigail R. Ortiz/News-Bulletin
Saturday, 05 November 2011 07:00

Two more students have been infected with whooping cough, bringing the total of those infected in Belen Consolidated Schools up to four.

The New Mexico Department of Health contacted the Belen Middle School nurse on Monday about two football players infected with whooping cough, a highly contagous upper respiratory infection caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis...

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Re: NM: 2011 Whooping cough cases

Updated: 11:10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 | Posted: 11:10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 5, 2011

Whooping cough cases increased over 2010

The Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. ?

Whooping cough cases in New Mexico are increasing and health officials warn Bernalillo County is ground zero for the state's worst outbreak in years.

The Albuquerque Journal reports at least 243 cases of the bacterial illness have been reported this year to the New Mexico Department of Health, up from 150 cases in 2010.

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http://www.wftv.com/news/ap/kids-family/whooping-cough-cases-increased-over-2010/nFtPy/

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Re: NM: 2011 Whooping cough cases

Source: http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces..._u/ci_19657699

Pertussis cases on the rise ? Vaccination is the best way to keep your children safe
By Andi Murphy / Healthy U
Posted: 01/01/2012 10:15:25 PM MST

The rise in pertussis, or whooping cough, has reached the level of breakout in at least one New Mexico county. What is stopping the deadly bacteria from coming to southern New Mexico?

"We know that historically, in New Mexico and around the U.S., that pertussis increases every three to five years," said Dr. Chad Smelser, a medical epidemiologist who tracks infectious diseases, in an email. "2011 had the highest number of cases in Bernalillo county since 1990." There are 169 cases in that county and 244 cases in the state at the beginning of 2011, Smelser said...