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The EUVAC-NET project, for the part relevant to pertussis, aimed to collect information to describe the epidemiology of pertussis in different EU countries and to better assess the burden of disease in adolescents and adults. Secondary objectives were to collect information on vaccine coverage and methods for estimating these figures and favouring the establishment of a collection of Bordetella pertussis strains in each EU country from cases of pertussis in order to allow a microbiological surveillance of circulating strains.

This report describes the findings of a five year surveillance period, discusses the data, and proposes recommendations for surveillance of pertussis in the EU.