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Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a highly contagious disease that is one of the leading causes of vaccine-preventable deaths. There are 30–50 million cases per year, and about 300,000 deaths per year (World Health Organization data). Most deaths occur in children under one year of age. Ninety percent of all cases occur in developing countries. It is caused by certain species of the bacterium Bordetella—usually B. pertussis, but some cases are caused by B. parapertussis.[1] Pe ...
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Resources
- Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis Vaccines (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF File (National Immunization Program Resource Center, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis: Health Information for International Travel (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- FASTATS: Whooping Cough (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Improved Pertussis Vaccines: Enhancing Protection (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Improved Pertussis Vaccines: Enhancing Protection (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Measles and Pertussis Risk Higher for Children with Personal Exemptions from Immunizations (American Medical Association)
- National Immunization Program
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Pertussis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Pertussis (Immunization Action Coalition)
- Pertussis (MayoClinic)
- Pertussis (Whooping Cough) (American Medical Association)
- Pertussis (Whooping Cough) (Nemours Foundation)
- Pertussis Vaccination in Infancy Isn't Associated with Childhood Allergies (Nemours Foundation)
- Preventing Whooping Cough (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Whooping Cough (Medline Plus)
- Whooping Cough (National Institutes of Health)
- Whooping Cough (HealthWorld)
- Woes of Whooping Cough (Nemours Foundation)

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