pertussis

They also set a precedent that schoolchildren still benefit from, as every American state now requires that most students be vaccinated against diseases such as measles, polio and pertussis.

Vaccines like the flu shot, or the one for diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus are even recommended during pregnancy to transfer immunity to babies.

Doctors began treating Riley for pertussis, also known as whooping cough.

In 2018, Sinovac’s larger rival Sinopharm recalled 400,000 shots of diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccines for substandard quality.

An infant too young to have received his first round of shots gasps for air after having been infected with pertussis.

If recognized and treated early enough, the effects of infection with pertussis can be somewhat mitigated.

It is the family of man—because where measles and mumps and pertussis are concerned, we are all connected.

Pertussis, or “whooping cough,” is caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis.

In the case of pertussis, the blame for increasing incidence of new infections may not be entirely the fault of vaccine-deniers.

A marked increase, accompanied by an increase in the total leukocyte count, is seen in pertussis and lymphatic leukemia.

A marked lymphocyte leukocytosis occurs in pertussis, and is of value in diagnosis.

A new combination of well-tried remedies of especial value in pertussis and other spasmodic coughs.

Paroxysms of coughing, with or without whooping, are pathognomonic of pertussis.

As the air rushes past the glottis, which is still partially closed, a sound recalling the whoop of pertussis is heard.