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International Experts Call For New Strategy To Prevent Infant Deaths.

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| January 28, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2009 NewsRX. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

2002 JAN 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Parents and grandparents could be inadvertently putting their childrens' lives at risk, according to a new report from the International Consensus Group on Pertussis Immunisation.

The report follows numerous studies demonstrating that adults, usually parents, grandparents or healthcare workers, are a significant source of pertussis infection for infants in the first weeks of life. As a result, the Group are calling for a review of national pertussis (whooping cough) vaccination policies in order to prevent serious illness, and even death, in very young infants.

The number of cases of pertussis in older children,…

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