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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 ...
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.
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]
Yes, there is a whooping cough vaccine. In children up to age six, it’s known as the DTap vaccine; in people aged 11 and up, it’s the Tdap vaccine. This is the CDC ’s recommended vaccination ...
Pearl Louella Kendrick (August 24, 1890 – October 8, 1980) was an American bacteriologist known for co-developing the first successful whooping cough vaccine alongside fellow Michigan Department of Public Health scientist Grace Eldering and chemist Loney Gordon in the 1930s. [1] In the decades after the initial pertussis vaccine rollout ...
c. 1922. Louis W. Sauer was born in Cincinnati on August 13, 1885. He married Lucia Mira Seypelt on August 20, 1912 in Berlin, while attending school there. He graduated from Rush Medical College in 1913 and began working in pediatrics. [1][2] Sauer established a practice at Evanston Hospital, in Evanston, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois.