Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by bacteria called Bordetella pertussis. The infection attacks the lining of the breathing passages. People can get ...

Whooping cough cases have surged to their highest levels since 2014, with health experts urging vaccinations and preventative ...

Condition affects about 16m people per year, and accounts for about 160,700 deaths in children younger than five ...

Your doctor can confirm infection via blood test or mucus sample. A bacterium called Bordetella pertussis causes whooping cough, an upper respiratory disease formally known as pertussis.

Whooping cough, or Bordetella pertussis — the bacteria that causes the illness — is a very contagious respiratory illness ...

Mohan said whooping cough is a contagious respiratory disease caused by Bordetella pertussis, a bacteria that only affects humans. Cold-like symptoms are usually the first signs of whooping cough.

Aaron M. Wendelboe, PhD; Elisabeth Njamkepo, PhD; Antoine Bourillon, MD; D Daniel Floret, MD; Joel Gaudelus, MD; Michael Gerber, MD; Emmanuel Grimprel, MD, PhD; David ...

One hypothesis is that the switch from a vaccine containing whole Bordetella pertussis cells to an acellular version with pertussis antigens—a change that happened in the US around the year 2000—might ...

Whooping cough, due to Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis, is an important cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. Despite widespread pertussis immunization in childhood ...

The number of whooping cough cases in Florida soared in 2024. From Jan. 1, 2024 to Dec. 31, 2024, the Florida Department of Health reported 715 cases of pertussis – an eight-fold increase over ...

ILiAD is a late-stage biotech development company, which has raised over $100m to date, and is dedicated to the prevention of whooping cough, a life-threatening disease caused by Bordetella pertussis.

"When pertussis strikes a household in which an infant or pregnant person lives, we recommend all members of the household receive a course of antibiotics effective against Bordetella pertussis ...