Bordetella Pertussis bacteria In adult patients, pooled estimates of sensitivity and specificity were generated for 4 clinical features: paroxysmal cough, posttussive vomiting, inspiratory whoop, and ...

You’ve been feeling a tickle in your throat this week, so you took a bunch of vitamins, drank a few extra glasses of water and hoped for the best. This morning, you have a new symptom: a cough. But ...

Pertussis, a respiratory disease characterized by paroxysmal coughing, is rapidly spreading in Japan, with the number of cases this year reaching an all-time high. According to the Yomiuri Shimbun on ...

Parents and guardians of Springboro Schools children are being told to monitor their children after district officials Wednesday learned there has been a case of Pertussis (Whooping Cough) identified ...

Respiratory illness season has brought with it the usual concerns about the flu and COVID-19. But there’s another highly infectious disease to have on your radar this year: whooping cough, also known ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Whooping cough is spreading in Lexington, according to Fayette County health officials. Experts warn the illness is highly contagious and can infect anyone. “Whooping cough, or ...

Osaka, Japan – Commonly known as whooping cough, pertussis is a respiratory disease that results from infection with the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. This ailment often affects children and is ...

A devastating respiratory infection once thought to be primarily a childhood concern is making an alarming comeback among adults, catching the medical community and patients completely off guard.

As whooping cough outbreaks increase in some areas recently, experts advise strict adherence to infection control guidelines and vaccination. According to Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital on the ...

Researchers have generated a mouse model of pertussis, commonly called whooping cough, sufficiently replicating the persistent cough symptom. By studying various bacteria mutants and observing the ...