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Whooping cough

  • Hooping cough
  • Pertussis
  • Chin-cough

Nature

Whooping cough is an acute, highly communicable respiratory disease, worldwide in distribution and among the most acute infections of children. It can cause convulsions, ear infections, pneumonia, bronchitis, collapses lungs and sometimes brain damage. It is the cause of more school absenteeism than any other infectious disease.

Claim

The number of deaths from whooping cough had fallen long before the vaccine was introduced. The vaccine has not reduced the incidence of the disease.

Broader

Children's diseases
Presentable
Bacterial disease
Presentable

Aggravates

Infant mortality
Excellent
Pneumonia
Presentable
Meningitis
Presentable
Cerebrovascular accidents
Presentable
Ulcers
Unpresentable
Convulsions
Unpresentable
Prolapse of the rectum
Yet to rate

Strategy

Vaccinating for illness prevention
Excellent

Reference

Hemert, P A van; Ramhorst, J D van and Regamey, H: International Symposium on Pertussis: proceedings of the 25th symposium organized by the Permanent Section of Microbiological Standardization, Bilthoven, 1969
Laboratory Centre for Disease Control: Statement on Management of Persons Exposed To Pertussis and Pertussis Outbreak Control

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Medicine » Respiratory system » Respiratory system
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    E2481
    DOCID
    11524810
    D7NID
    147404
    Last update
    Dec 20, 2024