RT Book, Section A1 Connelly, Beverly L. A2 Rudolph, Colin D. A2 Rudolph, Abraham M. A2 Lister, George E. A2 First, Lewis R. A2 Gershon, Anne A. SR Print(0) ID 7027442 T1 Chapter 278. Pertussis T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e YR 2011 FD 2011 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-149723-7 LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7027442 RD 2024/10/03 AB The World Health Organization estimated in 2002 that nearly 300,000 children died from pertussis.1 In the United States, in spite of widespread vaccination there has been a steady rise in the number of pertussis cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) over the past the last decade, punctuated by several statewide outbreaks in 2004 and 2005.2-5