Whooping Cough / Pertussis - Causes - Symptoms - Diagnosis - Treatment - Prevention
Whooping cough is a respiratory tract infection caused by a bacterium called Bordetella pertussis. DPT vaccine helps to prevent the infection.
Whooping cough is a respiratory tract infection caused by a bacterium called Bordetella pertussis. DPT vaccine helps to prevent the infection.
If patients come with symptoms, physicians and healthcare providers have been advised to test patients for pertussis.
Adults who care or live with infants have been advised to take the vaccinations.
School-Based Health Centres Enhance Vaccination Rates, Reveals Study
School-based health centres are extremely effective in delivering comprehensive care, particularly vaccines to adolescents according to new research from the University Of Colorado School Of Medicine.
School-based health centres are extremely effective in delivering comprehensive care, particularly vaccines to adolescents according to new research from the University Of Colorado School Of Medicine.
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Immunization Refusal Increases Pertussis Infection Risk In Children
May 26, 2009 (DENVER) – Children of parents who refuse vaccines are 23 times more likely to get whooping cough compared to fully immunized children, according to a new study led by
May 26, 2009 (DENVER) – Children of parents who refuse vaccines are 23 times more likely to get whooping cough compared to fully immunized children, according to a new study led by
