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Transmission and colonisation of pertussis among Dutch high-school adolescents.

Withdrawn
Conditions
whooping cough (pertussis)
10004018
Registration Number
NL-OMON48121
Lead Sponsor
Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Withdrawn
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
113
Inclusion Criteria

For index case (= patient):
• Laboratory-confirmed pertussis
• Attending any grade in a pre-trade (grades 1-4) or standard (grades 1-5 or
1-6) high-school in Gelderland, Utrecht, Overijssel, Noord-Brabant
• At least 12 years of age

For contacts (= healthy subject) :
• Be one of at least 8 contacts among the cluster of consenting contacts in the
same school as the index case
• At least 12 years of age
• No recorded diagnosis of pertussis prior to study start
• Regular daily attendance to the same school as index case over the study
period.

Exclusion Criteria

Participants with contact with any individual of increased risk in their
immediate surroundings as defined by the national guidelines
(https://lci.rivm.nl/richtlijnen/kinkhoest).

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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