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Cases in the U.S. are on the rise again.(Brief Article)
2002 APR 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Whooping cough, which dropped steadily in the United States for much of the 20th century, has made a comeback in the past 20 years, the government reported.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it recorded nearly 8,000 cases in 2000, up from about 2,000 a year in the early 1980s.
The CDC said the increase in adult and adolescent cases occurred mostly because doctors are better at recognizing and diagnosing the disease, which can produce a cough strong enough to break a rib.
But the agency said the increase among infants is probably real. Infants, who account for about 30% of all US cases, have the highest highest whooping cough rate in the country - 55 cases for every 100,000 ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Cases in the U.S. are on the rise again.(Brief Article)