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Tags: whooping cough

PHE: Updated pertussis (whooping cough) factsheet for healthcare professionals

This updated factsheet (updated 25 October 2016) will help health professionals to identify and test cases of pertussis by providing:

  • background to pertussis programme
  • eligibility of maternal vaccine
  • identification of cases
  • treatment of cases
  • laboratory testing for pertussis
Download PHE updated pertussis factsheet for healthcare professionals

Go to PHE page on Pertussis

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