Utah: 2012 Whooping cough cases

[Ronan Kelly]

Local Child Dies of Whooping Cough


Reported by: Logan McDougall Email: lmcdougall@kpvi.com

Print Story Published: 5/03 8:38 pm Share Updated: 5/03 8:43 pm
A local baby that was flown to Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City for whooping cough has passed away.

Joyce Olson, Infection Preventionist for Portneuf Medical Center says the best way to combat the disease is vaccinations, not only for the baby but those in contact with the child.

The baby from eastern Idaho that died was a preemie, so it was not necessarily time for the baby to be vaccinated. What Olson wants adults to know is that they can carry the bacteria and pass it on to infants and recommends that anyone in contact with young children get vaccinated against the disease.
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[Shiloh]

Re: Utah: 2012 Whooping cough cases

Source: http://www.heraldextra.com/news/loc...cle_a1febe87-378d-5bb6-b41e-1a4c39e3fed5.html

Whooping cough cases continue to rise in Utah County
3 hours ago ? Paige Fieldsted - Daily Herald

The Utah County Health Department is continuing to investigate new cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, every week. This year 96 cases have been reported throughout the county, which is more than the cases recorded in 2009 and 2010 combined.

Last year the health department reported 157 cases of whooping cough, the highest number of cases in Utah County in more than five years and Dr. Joseph Miner, executive director of the Utah County Health Department, said the county is on track to pass that number this year...

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Utah: 2012 Whooping cough cases

Source: http://fox13now.com/2012/10/03/whooping-cough-cases-on-the-rise-in-utah/

Whooping cough cases on the rise in Utah
Posted on: 11:40 am, October 3, 2012, by Meredith Forrest Kulwicki

SALT LAKE CITY ? Whooping cough cases in Utah have reached the highest rate in 60 years.

The Utah Department of Health released a report showing a total of 851 cases of pertussis (whopping cough) so far in 2012. There were 440 cases reported through the same time period in 2011...

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Utah: 2012 Whooping cough cases

Source: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/...k-can-be-blamed-on-low-vaccination-rates.html

Pertussis outbreak can be blamed on low vaccination rates
Utah experiencing highest incidence of whooping cough since 1946
By Wendy Leonard, Deseret News
Published: Thursday, Oct. 11 2012 5:08 p.m. MDT

SALT LAKE CITY ? Utah children are not receiving the vaccinations they need to combat an array of childhood illnesses, which is leading to an outbreak of pertussis in the state.

The Utah Department of Health this year has reported 875 cases of whooping cough through Oct. 6, most of which are in children. It is the highest incidence of the contagious respiratory illness in the state since 1946.

And the year isn't over yet.

There were 618 cases in Utah in 2011, with 392 of them officially confirmed through specialized laboratory testing. Twenty-four people were hospitalized and one died. The state ranked 35th in the country for immunization rates last year, with 66.7 percent of children fully immunized, according to health department data...

 

[Missouriwatcher]

Re: Utah: 2012 Whooping cough cases

Week 50:
Number of cases reported in past week: 36

Utah Incidence rate, 2012 year-to-date per 100,000 person-years: 47.2 (<1: 234.1)

Of the 1,288 cases reported, 39 (3%) have been hospitalized. 1 death has been reported due to pertussis in 2012.
http://health.utah.gov/epi/diseases/influenza/surveillance/2012-2013_Season/index.html