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58,700 (2015) [9] Whooping cough (/ ˈhuːpɪŋ /), also known as pertussis or the 100-day cough, is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable bacterial disease. [1][10] Initial symptoms are usually similar to those of the common cold with a runny nose, fever, and mild cough, but these are followed by two or three months of severe coughing fits. [1]
Bordetella pertussis. (Bergey et al. 1923) Moreno-López 1952. Bordetella pertussis is a Gram-negative, aerobic, pathogenic, encapsulated coccobacillus bacterium of the genus Bordetella, and the causative agent of pertussis or whooping cough. Its virulence factors include pertussis toxin, adenylate cyclase toxin, filamentous haemagglutinin ...
Pertussis vaccine is a vaccine that protects against whooping cough (pertussis). [1][2] There are two main types: whole-cell vaccines and acellular vaccines. [1][2] The whole-cell vaccine is about 78% effective while the acellular vaccine is 71–85% effective. [1][3] The effectiveness of the vaccines appears to decrease by between 2 and 10% ...
Pertussis toxin (PT) is a protein-based AB 5 -type exotoxin produced by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis, [2] which causes whooping cough. PT is involved in the colonization of the respiratory tract and the establishment of infection. [3]
Bordetella tumbae. Bordetella tumulicola. Bordetella (/ ˌbɔːrdəˈtɛlə /) is a genus of small (0.2 – 0.7 μm), Gram-negative, coccobacilli bacteria of the phylum Pseudomonadota. Bordetella species, with the exception of B. petrii, are obligate aerobes, as well as highly fastidious, or difficult to culture. All species can infect humans.
Pearl Louella Kendrick was born on August 24, 1890, in Wheaton, Illinois, US, and suffered from whooping cough as a young child. She graduated high school in 1908 and attended Greenville College for a year before transferring to Syracuse University. In 1914, she received her B.S. in zoology from Syracuse. [4][1] Kendrick worked as a teacher in ...
Margaret Pittman was born on January 20, 1901, in Prairie Grove, Arkansas. A descendant of Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor of the mechanical reaper, she was the daughter of a physician, Dr. James Pittman, and Virginia Alice McCormick Pittman. Young Margaret, with her sister Helen and brother James, would often accompany her father in his ...
Cough and cold medicine, cough syrup, lin, lean. [edit on Wikidata] Cold medicines are a group of medications taken individually or in combination as a treatment for the symptoms of the common cold and similar conditions of the upper respiratory tract. The term encompasses a broad array of drugs, including analgesics, antihistamines and ...