Pertussis - Disease, Control and Challenges 2018
DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.72847
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Update on Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Pertussis

Abstract: Pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, is one of the most common vaccinepreventable infections. In adolescents and adults, infection may result in a protracted cough and is occasionally associated with substantial morbidity. In children and particularly infants, morbidity is more often substantial and the disease may be fatal. Two types of vaccines against pertussis exist: whole-cell vaccines (wP), developed in the 1940s, containing the entire inactivated Bordetella pertussis organism, and acellular vacc… Show more

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