Cough Plate Examinations for B. Pertussis

What is pertussis (whooping cough)?

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

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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...

[Cough syncope syndrome caused by pertussis].