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This study, done in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that despite remaining low, Pertussis (Whooping Cough) almost doubles the probability of contracting epilepsy.
Hospital-Diagnosed Pertussis Infection in Children and Long-term Risk of Epilepsy
Results We identified 4700 patients with pertussis (48% male), of whom 90 developed epilepsy during the follow-up. The cumulative incidence of epilepsy at age 10 years was 1.7% (95% CI, 1.4%-2.1%) for patients with pertussis and 0.9% (95% CI, 0.8%-1.0%) for the matched comparison cohort. The corresponding adjusted overall hazard ratio was 1.7 (95% CI, 1.3-2.1).
Hospital-Diagnosed Pertussis Infection in Children and Long-term Risk of Epilepsy