Pertussis (whooping cough)

What is pertussis (whooping cough)?

Whooping cough after stopping pertussis immunisation.

An epidemic of whooping cough occurred in a rural practice in Shetland, containing 144 children under 16. Before July 1974 all children were immunised against pertussis, but after that date immunisation was stopped. Of the 134 children studied, 93 had been immunised. Sixty-five of the children developed whooping cough. The incidence of infection was similar in those who had and had not been imm...

The Treatment of Pertussis (Whooping Cough) With Chinese Herbal Medicine

Pertussis (whooping cough) is aptly called “The Hundred Day Cough” (bai re ke) in Chinese medicine. Vaccinations against pertussis contained in the DPT (diphtheriapertussis-tetanus) shot have reduced the incidence in the United States significantly, but parental rejection of the vaccination has resulted in a reemergence of the illness throughout the country. Both my city and state, Boulder, Col...

Whooping-Cough *

Following the isolation of the pertussis bacillus by Bordet and Gengou' in 1906, anticipation of methods of control of whoopingcough was inevitable. This discovery gave impetus to experimental and clinical investigations on various aspects of the whooping-cough problem. The isolation of the apparent causative agent, the introduction of new bacteriologic aids in early diagnosis, the transmission...

Preparation and Evaluation of Stained Pertussis Antigen for Serodiagnosis of Whooping Cough