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Children of parents who refuse to have their children vaccinated against whooping cough are 23 times more likely to develop the disease than children who get the shots, according to a new study. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says whooping cough now infects more 5,000 children a year.

Parents who refuse to let their children receive a vaccination against pertussis — also known as whooping cough — may put their kids at a more than 20-fold risk of getting the illness, new research suggests.

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Authors of the study, which was conducted at Kaiser Permante Colorado’s Institute for Health Research in Denver, say the results show a continued need to “to further understand why parents refuse immunizations and to develop strategies for conveying the risks and benefits of immunizations to parents more effectively.”

Whooping cough or pertussis — the medical name for the disease, causes a respiratory infection with an uncontrolled cough with a characteristic whoop or yelp — said Dr. Jason Glanz, the lead author of the study.

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