The bacterium that causes whooping cough,Bordetella pertussis, has changed in Australia - most likely in response to the vaccine used to prevent the disease - with a possible reduced effectiveness of the vaccine as a result, a new study shows. A UNSW-led team of researchers analysed strains of...
Dr. Luu agreed it was crucial that Australia maintained its high vaccination coverage for whooping cough. "Although the number of whooping cough cases has increased during the past decade, it's still nowhere near as high as what it was before the introduction of whooping cough vaccines," Dr. ...
In the period 1889-1938 there have been 8, 727 whooping cough deaths of children under five years of age in New South Wales. This figure is minimal as doubtless there have been m...doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1939.tb115170.xMEYERS, E. S. A...
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 ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- Vaccination programs against whooping cough may not be fully effective because the bacteria that cause the disease have evolved new strains, a new study has found. A team of Australian scientists has ...