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A 100 day cough is more commonly known as whooping cough, or pertussis. It is a very contagious infection of the respiratory tract caused by the Bordetella pertussis bacteria. It got its nickname because it can last for months. This illness is most commonly characterized by moderate to severe...
Ian Lipkin, an epidemiologist. The researchers hope their findings published in the journal PLoS ONE will put the issue to rest and persuade parents to vaccinate their children—a move that could stop measles and other previously controlled serious illnesses such as mumps and whooping cough from ma...
2.1.2. Adenylate Cyclase Toxin from Bordetella pertussis Adenylate cyclase toxin (ACT or CyaA), a single polypeptide of ≈200 kDa, is crucial for colonization of the respiratory tract and establishment of the disease by Bordetella pertussis, the bacterium causative of whooping cough [81,82]. ...