Whooping cough outbreak in N. Idaho Health district confirms 17 cases in Bonner CountyKevin Keating
The article informs that a health official in Canada has announced that the New Brunswick whooping cough outbreak in the province is now over because of province-wide immunization program and it mentions that a child should be immunized for the disease by giving pertussis vaccine by six years....
Respiratory virus seasonis upon us, those fall and winter months whenthe flu,respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and the common cold typicallyspread throughout the U.S.But in the current post-COVID-pandemic era, a veteranbacterial illnesshas spurred an outbreak: whooping cough. ...
Mixed outbreak ofBordetella pertussis andBordetella parapertussis infection in Finland The epidemiology of whooping cough in a vaccinated population was studied during an outbreak of paroxysmal cough in an elementary school with 258 pupils in Turku, Finland. Nasopharyngeal specimens for isolation of ...
With nearly 18,000 cases so far, health officials say 2012 on the way to becoming worst whooping cough epidemic in five decades
Pertussis, more commonly known as “whooping cough,” is caused by the Bordetella pertussis bacteria. It is a respiratory illness which is reputed with a dreadful cough. The cough lasts so long that sometimes pertussis is called “the hundred day cough.” Natural remedies like vitamin C, the ...
The California Department of Public Health said in a statement released Friday that more than 800 cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, have been reported over the past two weeks. As of June 10, there have been 3,458 cases -- more than in all of 2013. ...
First described in the sixteenth century, whooping cough or pertussis is a relatively recent disease in human history, although some of the cough syndromes described in antiquity may in fact be pertussis-like diseases. Whooping cough caused by the gram-n
ping cough outbreak Delaware Co. PA: Whooping cough outbreakDelaware Co. PA: Whooping cough outbreakChildhood Diseases
Whooping cough is back with a vengeance with theworse outbreak in the United Statesin 50 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As of this month, 46 states have reported increases in cases compared with 2011. The state of Washington has declared an epidemic...