Alternative Whooping Cough Vaccines: A Minireview

Alternative Whooping Cough Vaccines: A Minireview

Bordetella pertussis, the aetiological agent of an acute upper respiratory tract disease of humans, “whooping cough”, can infect all age groups with adolescents and adults acting as major source of transmission of this pathogen to infants. This transmission is promoted by the fact that adolescents and adults do not exhibit the characteristic cough, the infection being either asymptomatic or man...

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...

A Specific for Whooping Cough

Immunization against whooping-cough.

frequently be avoided if the subjects show the fixity of purpose described here; their determination to minimise the wind-chill factor (by digging a substantial snow cave) and to overcome the urge to sleep undoubtedly prevented a serious outcome for this party, which carried no specific equipment to spend a night out near the summit of Everest. CHARLES CLARKE Medical Officer, British Everest Ex...

Whooping cough--still a challenge.

☆ Como citar este artigo: Korppi M. Whooping cough – still a challenge. ☆☆ Ver artigo de Ferronato AE et al. nas páginas 549-53. diagnosticadas como casos de coqueluche, e posteriormen-te transmitiram a bactéria B. pertussis aos neonatos das famílias. Durante as duas últimas décadas do século passa-do, muitos pais recusaram a vacinação contra pertussis, e a incidência de coqueluche mais uma vez...