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| | Pertussis Outbreak Among Adults at an Oil Refinery --- Illinois, August--October 2002 |
 | | On September 16, 2002, the Crawford County Health Department (CCHD) reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) four cases of cough illness among workers at an oil refinery (total worker population: 750) in Crawford County, Illinois. |
 | | Reported by: P Skaggs, Crawford County Health Dept, Robinson, Illinois; C Jennings, K Hunt, K McFadden, MS Dworkin, MD, Div of Infectious Diseases, Illinois Dept of Public Health. |
 | | In Illinois, 46 of 191 cases (24%) of reported pertussis in 2001 occurred in adults aged >20 years (incidence rate: 0.5 per 100,000 population), a proportion similar to that of cases in the United States among this age group (1). |
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