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International Ballroom E
Monday, March 6, 2006: 3:30 PM-4:30 PM

C3: Cases of Pertussis: What Counts?

Presenters in this workshop will discuss questions raised by surveillance in the context of PCR diagnosis and new vaccine recommendations for adolescents and adults.
Moderators:Barbara Slade
Margaret Cortese
3:30 PMIntroductory Remarks
3:35 PMDevelopment and Validation of Two New Pertussis Clinical Case Definitions for Infants 2 Months of Age or Less
Manjula P. Patel, Vi Nguyen, Dulmini Kodagoda, Alvin Nelson El Amin
3:55 PMAn Outbreak of Pertussis in an Amish Community— Delaware, 2004-2005
Kathy Kudish, Amanda Cohn, Katrina Kretsinger, Christina Mijalski, Paula Eggers, Pam Cassiday, Pekka Nuorti
4:15 PMDiscussion

The 40th National Immunization Conference (NIC) of CDC