Outbreak in the Village : A Family Doctor's Lifetime Study of Whooping Cough

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- About the Author -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: From Africa to England -- References -- Chapter 3: The Children's Clinic at Keyworth -- Chapter 4: Whooping Cough Vaccine -- References -- Chapter 5: 1977-9. The First Outbreak of Whooping Cough -- Chapter 6: Does the Vaccine Work? -- References -- Chapter 7: 1981. Whooping Cough Vaccine Is Very Rarely Harmful -- References -- Chapter 8: 1981-83. The Second Outbreak. How Many Cases Are There Really? -- Reference -- Chapter 9: 1985-87. The Third Outbreak. The Search for Subclinical Infection -- References -- Chapter 10: 1987. Does the Effectiveness of the Vaccine Wear Off? -- References -- Chapter 11: 1988. Trying to Raise the Uptake of Pertussis Vaccine -- Reference -- Chapter 12: 1989-91. The Fourth Outbreak. The Natural History of Whooping Cough -- References -- Chapter 13: 1990s. Whooping Cough Fades Away But New Diagnostic Tests Emerge -- References -- Chapter 14: 2000. Whoopingcough.net. Overcoming Diagnostic Paralysis -- Chapter 15: The Early Noughties. The New Tests Aid the Re-discovery of Whooping Cough -- References -- Chapter 16: Late Noughties. 'Resurgence' of Whooping Cough in the USA and Australia Puts the UK on Alert -- References -- Chapter 17: 2012. Whooping Cough Diagnoses Peak in the UK But Remain Unchanged in Keyworth -- Reference -- Chapter 18: What Lies Ahead? -- References -- Chapter 19: Epilogue -- Appendix 1: About Bordetella Bacteria -- Appendix 2: Age Incidence Changes in Keyworth Whooping Cough Patients -- Appendix 3: A Critical Look at Recent Pertussis Statistics in England -- Under Ones -- One- to Four-Year-Olds -- Five- to Nine-Year-Olds -- 10- to 14-Years-Olds -- 15 Years and Older -- Index..

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E-Book

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

©2020

Erschienen:

Cham: Springer International Publishing AG ; 2020

©2020

Reihe:

Springer Biographies Ser.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jenkinson, Douglas [VerfasserIn]

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ISBN:

978-3-030-45485-2

Themen:

Electronic books
Whooping cough
Whooping cough-Epidemiology
Whooping cough-History-England-Keyworth

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