preparation and evaluation of stained pertussis antigen for serodiagnosis of whooping cough

Preparation and Evaluation of Stained Pertussis Antigen for Serodiagnosis of 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...

exploring motivation and english test preparation strategies of iranian pre-university candidates during and at the end of test preparation period for konkur examination

the current study aimed at investigating the relationship between motivation and test preparation strategies (tpss) used by iranian pre-university students in their preparation period for the university entrance exam (uee). due to the importance of uee in iran, this study also attempted to show its impact on these two important variables. to this end, 100 pre-university students in an iranian p...

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...