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Sewage monitoring may provide earlier warning of pertussis outbreaks

Wastewater signals appeared 10 weeks before reported cases, suggesting sewage monitoring could give health officials earlier warning of outbreaks.

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Pertussis, or whooping cough, continues to cause periodic outbreaks worldwide and can be especially dangerous for infants who have not completed vaccination.

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Wastewater may offer an early warning of pertussis outbreaks

Pertussis, or whooping cough, continues to cause periodic outbreaks worldwide and can be especially dangerous for infants who have not completed vaccination. Yet conventional surveillance depends on people seeking medical care, being tested, diagnosed and reported, which can delay recognition of changes in community transmission.

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Sewage monitoring may provide earlier warning of pertussis outbreaks

Pertussis, or whooping cough, continues to cause periodic outbreaks worldwide and can be especially dangerous for infants who have not completed vaccination.

·Mona Vale, Australia
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News Medical broke the news in Mona Vale, Australia on Wednesday, August 26, 2026.
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