44th National Immunization Conference (NIC): Whooping Challenges

This workshop will focus on pertussis—recent trends in pertussis diagnostics, an overview of a pertussis outbreak in a religious community with a high percentage of vaccine objectors, and a proposal for parapertussis prevention and control recommendations.

Thursday, April 22, 2010: 10:30 AM-11:30 AM

Regency Ballroom VI

Moderator:

Jennifer Liang

10:30 AM

Evolution of Pertussis Diagnostic Testing in the U.S.: 1990-2008
Amanda E. Faulkner, MPH, Surveillance Coordinator, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Tami H. Skoff, MS; Christine G. Mitchell, BS; Thomas A. Clark, MD, MPH; Stacey W. Martin

Audio File Slides Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

Introductory Remarks

10:50 AM

Pertussiss Outbreak Among An Undervaccinated Community
Martha Siemsen, ARNP, Medical Investigator, Kansas Department of Health and Environment; Jennifer Schwartz, MPH

Audio File Slides Recorded presentation

11:05 AM

Parapertussis: A New Look at An Overlooked Disease
Rebecca Y. Bak, BA, CDC Experience Fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Fatima Coronado, MD, MPH; Amanda Cohn, MD; Jennifer L. Liang, DVM, MPVM; Thomas A. Clark, MD, MPH; Stacey W. Martin

L2 Whooping Challenges