UK: 2011 Whooping cough outbreaks

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Source: http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news...cern_1_4095128

Health chief: whooping cough rise ?a concern?
Published on Wednesday 28 December 2011 11:00

A SPATE of whooping cough cases in Calderdale has been labelled a ?concern? by health chiefs.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has reported 22 cases of the highly-infectious disease among children and adults in Calderdale in the past six months ? more than half of those cases coming in the past 28 days.

Nine cases have been laboratory-confirmed, four are probable and nine are possible cases of infection...

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Re: UK: 2011 Whooping cough outbreaks

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16425519

5 January 2012 Last updated at 07:20 ET

Cases of whooping cough in England and Wales have more than doubled in the past year, says the Health Protection Agency.

HPA figures showed cases increased from 421 in 2010 to 1,040 in 2011, which is around the level reached in 2008.

The rise was seen mainly in teenagers and adults aged 15 to 40, although the illness can affect all ages...

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Re: UK: 2011 Whooping cough outbreaks

SOURCE: http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/94554...ars_in_Sussex/

Whooping cough fears in Sussex
3:50pm Thursday 5th January 2012 in News

* By Neil Vowles ?

A dead and highly infectious Victorian disease is returning in ever increasing numbers.

Reported cases of whooping cough have more than quadrupled in Sussex in the past year, according to figures released yesterday (January 4)...

..Figures from the Health Protection Agency show there were 31 cases of whooping cough recorded in Sussex in 2011 compared to just seven in 2010...

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Re: UK: 2011 Whooping cough outbreaks

Source: http://www.winsfordguardian.co.uk/ne...in_north_west/

Increase in whooping cough cases in north west
8:50am Saturday 7th January 2012 in News

CASES of whooping cough in the north west have seen a sharp increase during the past 12 months.

The number of infections reported to the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has risen from 65 in 2010 to 107 in 2011.

The figures reflect a national upward trend in levels of the illness, which more than doubled from 421 cases last year to 1040 in 2011, according to figures published last week...