61. An Alternative Medicine Network pertussis (whooping cough). What is pertussis? pertussis, or whooping cough, is ahighly contagious disease involving the respiratory tract. Who gets pertussis? http://www.herbsmed.com/medlib/38.htm

HerbsMed.com Training Training Software Consulting Exams Online Online University An Alternative Medicine Network News Herbs Acupuncture Clinics ... Consult specialists Common Illness Amebiasis Anthrax Arboviral Infections Babesiosis ... DEHYDRATION Pertussis (whooping cough) What is pertussis? Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a highly contagious disease involving the respiratory tract. It is caused by a bacterium that is found in the mouth, nose and throat of an infected person. Who gets pertussis? Pertussis can occur at any age. Seventy-five percent of reported cases occur in children under five years of age and 50 percent of these are in children under one year of age. How is pertussis spread? Pertussis is primarily spread by direct contact with discharges from the nose and throat of infected individuals. Frequently, older siblings who may be harboring the bacteria in their nose and throat can bring the disease home and infect an infant in the household. What are the symptoms of pertussis? Mild Upper Respiratory Infection Sneezing Runny Nose Fever Cough Crowing or High Pitched Whoop Cough Clear mucous discharge How soon after infection do symptoms appear? The incubation period is usually five to 10 days but may be as long as 21 days.

62. LUMC - Bordetella Pertussis CASE BASED REVIEW OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY. Bordetella pertussis. Dr Tadayo person?How is B. pertussis characterized microbiologically? What http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/DeptWebs/microbio/med/review/b-pert.htm

CASE BASED REVIEW OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY Bordetella pertussis Dr Tadayo Hashimoto M.D. Professor J What is your initial diagnosis of this child? What additional information do you need for making the diagnosis more definitive? Jerry has no record of DPT vaccination. Mother indicates that Jerry did not receive DPT (Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus) vaccine because there was a family history of epilepsy in the maternal uncle. What is your diagnosis based on the information available at this point? How can you confirm your diagnosis? ... Is whooping cough childhood disease? Reference: Sherris Medical Microbiolog 3rd ed. pp. 366 - 371, Appleton and Lange, 1994 Harrison's Principle of internal medicine Bacterial pathogenesis by Abigale A. Sayer and Dixie D. Whitt, ASM Press, 1994 Web Master: William Birch Last Reviewed: February 20, 2003 Created: August 2, 1996 Terms and Conditions

63. Aventis Pasteur MSD UK What is pertussis? Who is most at risk? What are the complications ofpertussis? Prevention of pertussis For further information http://www.apmsd.co.uk/disease/dis_pertus.html

Introduction Diphtheria Hepatitis A Hepatitis B ... Mumps Pertussis Pneumococcal Polio Rabies Rubella ... top Children under the age of five were most at risk until routine vaccination was introduced. However adults may also catch the disease. In general the younger the child the more severe the disease and most deaths occurr in children under 6 months. top Most of the deaths which occur as the result of pertussis are due to the patient developing bronchopneumonia as a super-infection, a frequent complication of the infection. Due to the severe coughing fits the brain may be starved of oxygen and this can lead to brain damage. Repeated convulsions may also occur and these can be serious and may even prove fatal. top Pertussis is a serious disease wich can be prevented by vaccination. In the U.K. vaccination against pertussis infection is part of the childhood immunisation schedule. The first dose is given to babies at 2 months old followed by two additional doses at one month intervals. top

64. Infectious Diseases - Whooping Cough - Methodist Health Care System, Houston, Te pertussis (Whooping Cough) What is whooping cough (pertussis)? Whoopingcough, or pertussis, mainly affects infants and young children. http://www.methodisthealth.com/infectious/cough.htm

Infectious Diseases Home Las Enfermedades Infecciosas ... (en español) Clinical Services The Methodist Hospital Methodist Diagnostic Hospital Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Methodist Willowbrook Hospital ... Statistics Infectious Diseases: Anthrax HIV/AIDS Botulism Chickenpox ... Whooping Cough (Pertussis) Prevention of Infectious Diseases: Handwashing Immunizations Pets and Infectious Diseases Infectious Diseases on the Job ... Appointment Pertussis (Whooping Cough) What is whooping cough (pertussis)? Whooping cough, or pertussis, mainly affects infants and young children. Caused by a bacterium, it is characterized by paroxysms (intense fits or spells) of coughing that end with the characteristic whoop as air is inhaled. Whooping cough caused thousands of deaths in the 1930s and 1940s, but, with the advent of a vaccine, the rate of death has declined dramatically. What are the symptoms of whooping cough? The disease usually takes one to three weeks to incubate. The following are the most common symptoms of whooping cough. However, each individual may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include: coughing sneezing nasal discharge fever sore, watery eyes

65. GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines - Disease Summary This information on pertussis is excerpted from the Centers for Disease Controland Prevention (CDC), Epidemiology and Prevention of VaccinePreventable http://gskvaccines.com/vaccines/pages/disease_summary.jsp?disease=PERTUSSIS

66. ALAM: Infectious Indicators Maine. Notifiable Diseases pertussis (Whooping Cough). Graphs Data.Notifiable Diseases pertussis (Whooping cough). Individual http://mainelung.org/learn_with_us/lhi2/whop_intro.htm

ALAM Home Lung Health Indicator Topics Air Quality Indoor Schools Radon Occupational Exposures Outdoor Ozone Particulate Matter Asthma Number of people with Asthma Asthma Deaths Asthma ... Room Visits Chronic Lung Conditions (non-infectious) Lung Cancer COPD Occupational Cystic Fibrosis Infectious Lung Disease Pneumonia Influenza (Flu) Tuberculosis Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Overall Health Demographic Comparisons Global Assessments Mortality (Death) Low Birth ... Weight Infants Tobacco Youth Smoking Adult Smoking Smoking During Pregnancy ... Home Page To view and print full report pdfs , click below for your free Acrobat Reader American Lung Association of Maine Lung Health Statistics for Maine Notifiable Diseases Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Notifiable Diseases: Pertussis (Whooping cough) Individual cases of a notifiable disease must be reported (by the doctor) to the Centers for Disease Control to prevent it from spreading As of January 1, 1998, a total of 52 infectious diseases were designated as notifiable at the national level.

67. Pertussis pertussis. pertussis (whooping cough) is a very contagious and dangerous infectionof the respiratory tract caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. http://babyparenting.about.com/library/blillnesspertuss.htm

zfp=-1 About Search in this topic on About on the Web in Products Web Hosting with Lynn M. Johnson Your Guide to one of hundreds of sites Home Articles Forums ... Help zmhp('style="color:#fff"') Subjects BUYER'S GUIDE Before You Buy Top Picks Potty Training Books ... All articles on this topic Stay up-to-date! Subscribe to our newsletter. Advertising Free Credit Report Free Psychics Advertisement Pertussis Pertussis (whooping cough) is a very contagious and dangerous infection of the respiratory tract caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis . Whooping cough gets its name from the whooping sound the child makes when trying to draw breath after a coughing spell. Not all children with whooping cough make this sound; very young children may not be strong enough. Symptoms generally include those of a cold, such as runny nose and a cough that gradually worsens . Violent coughing spells frequently end with vomiting. Once the whooping stage begins, antibiotics are of no use. Pertussis is spread from person to person through the air. A person who is not immune to pertussis becomes infected by inhaling air that has been contaminated with the respiratory secretions of an infected person who has coughed. Before vaccines and antibiotics were developed, pertussis was a common cause of death in young children. Today, it is vaccine preventable. Children in the United States are now immunized with the pertussis vaccine beginning at 2 months of age and again at 4 months, 6 months, 15 months, and 4 to 6 years.

68. Pertussis Vaccination pertussis vaccination. (These references originally were used in a postto point out that pertussis vaccination has been remarkably effective. http://www.panix.com/~iayork/Immunology/pertussis.html

Pertussis vaccination (These references originally were used in a post to point out that pertussis vaccination has been remarkably effective. I've deleted my comments here, because they didn't add anything, and added a reference that appeared since then.) Also check out the DTP summary put together by the Center for Disease Control Gustafsson L. Hallander HO. Olin P. Reizenstein E. Storsaeter J. A controlled trial of a two-component acellular, a five-component acellular, and a whole-cell pertussis vaccine. New England Journal of Medicine. 334(6):349-55, 1996 Abstract BACKGROUND. Because of concern about safety and efficacy, no pertussis vaccine has been included in the vaccination program in Sweden since 1979. To provide data that might permit the reintroduction of a pertussis vaccine, we conducted a placebo-controlled trial of two acellular and one whole-cell pertussis vaccines. METHODS. After informed consent was obtained, 9829 children born in 1992 were randomly assigned to receive one of four vaccines: a two-component acellular diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) vaccine (2566 children), a five-component acellular DTP vaccine (2587 children), a whole-cell DTP vaccine licensed in the United States (2102 children), or (as a control) a vaccine containing diphtheria and tetanus toxoids (DT) alone (2574 children). The vaccines were given at 2, 4, and 6 months of age, and the children were then followed for signs of pertussis for an additional 2 years (to a mean age of 21/2 years).

69. Pertussis Vaccine - BNF pertussis vaccine pertussis vaccine is given combined with diphtheria and tetanusvaccine starting at 2 months of age (see schedule section 14.1). http://bnf.vhn.net/bnf/documents/bnf.2606.html

BNF No. 44 (September 2002) General information and late changes Guidance on prescribing Emergency treatment of poisoning ... Nurse Prescribers' Formulary Pertussis vaccine Pertussis vaccine is given combined with diphtheria and tetanus vaccine starting at 2 months of age (see schedule section 14.1 With some vaccines available in the early 1960s persistent screaming and collapse were reported but these reactions are rarely observed with the vaccines now available. Convulsions and encephalopathy have been reported as rare complications, but such conditions may arise from other causes and be falsely attributed to the vaccine. Neurological complications after whooping cough itself are considerably more common than after the vaccine. As with any other elective immunisation procedure it is advisable to postpone vaccination if the child is suffering from any acute illness, until fully recovered. Minor infections without fever or systemic upset are not reasons to delay immunisation. Immunisation should not be carried out in children who have a history of severe general reaction to a preceding dose; in these children immunisation should be completed with adsorbed diphtheria and tetanus vaccine. Where there has been a severe local reaction or pyrexia, acellular pertussis vaccine may be used. The following reactions should be regarded as severe: Local General A personal or family history of allergy is not a contra-indication to immunisation against whooping cough; nor are stable neurological conditions such as cerebral palsy or spina bifida.

70. 1Up Health > Pertussis > Causes, Incidence, And Risk Factors Of Pertussis (Whoop Comprehesive information on pertussis (Whooping cough). 1Up Health Diseases Conditions pertussis Causes, Incidence, and Risk Factors. http://www.1uphealth.com/health/pertussis_info.html

1Up Health Pertussis Alternative Medicine Clinical Trials ... Health Topics A-Z Search 1Up Health Pertussis Information Pertussis Causes, Incidence, and Risk Factors Alternative names : Whooping cough Definition : Pertussis is a highly contagious bacterial disease which affects the respiratory system and produces spasms of coughing that usually end in a high-pitched sounding deep inspiration (the "whoop"). Causes, Incidence, and Risk Factors Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is caused by infection with the Bordetella pertussis bacteria. The infection is spread through the air by respiratory droplets from an infected person. The incubation period is usually 7 days. Whooping cough can affect people of any age. Prior to the advent of widespread immunization, the disease occurred mostly in infants and young children. Now that the majority of children are immunized before school age, a higher percentage of cases are seen among adolescents and adults. About 38% of recognized cases still occur in infants younger than 6 months of age, however. Early immunization (see childhood immunization schedule) can usually prevent the occurrence of this serious disease, which can sometimes be fatal or lead to permanent disability when it affects babies. The bacteria invade the nose and throat, the breathing tube (trachea), and the lungs. The infection usually lasts 6 weeks. It starts with symptoms similar to the

71. 1Up Health > Pertussis - Vaccine > Vaccine Information (Immunization - Pertussis Comprehesive information on pertussis vaccine (Immunization - pertussis, Vaccine- pertussis). pertussis - vaccine Vaccine information. Alternative names http://www.1uphealth.com/health/pertussis_vaccine_info.html

1Up Health Special Topic Pertussis - vaccine Alternative Medicine ... Health Topics A-Z Search 1Up Health Special Topic Pertussis - vaccine Information Pertussis - vaccine : Vaccine information Alternative names : Immunization - pertussis, Vaccine - pertussis Definition : An immunization (vaccination) to protect against pertussis whooping cough ), a bacterial infection that affects the airways and is characterized by a severe, persistent cough and whooping or crowing sound on inspiration. Pertussis lasts for weeks and can cause coughing spells so severe that infants are unable to breathe, eat, or drink. It can also lead to serious complications such as pneumonia, seizures, and brain damage, and is occasionally fatal. Vaccine information Pertussis is given as part of the DTaP vaccine . See also diphtheria immunization (vaccine) and tetanus immunization (vaccine) The DTaP vaccine is a "3-in-1" vaccine that protects against diphtheria , pertussis, and tetanus . It can be given to children less than 7 years old. It is given by injection, usually into the arm or the thigh. The pertussis disease is most dangerous to infants and young children, and the vaccine is usually not given to anyone older than 7 years. The DTaP is a newer vaccine which is less likely to cause reactions than the older DTP. Previous Next Jump to Another Section of this Guide Definition Vaccine information Immunization schedule Benefits Risks Delay or do not give (contraindications) ... Call the primary health care provider if Related Tools and Utilities

72. Whooping Cough Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology. Bordetella pertussis and WhoopingCough. © 2002 Kenneth Bordetella pertussis. Whooping cough http://textbookofbacteriology.net/pertussis.html

Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology Bordetella pertussis and Whooping Cough Bordetella pertussis Whooping cough pertussis ) is caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis B. pertussis is a very small Gram-negative aerobic coccobacillus that appears singly or in pairs. Its metabolism is respiratory, never fermentative, and taxonomically, Bordetella is placed among the "Gram-negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci" in Bergey's Manual. Bordetella is not assigned to any family. The bacteria are nutritonally fastidious and are usually cultivated on rich media supplemented with blood. They can be grown in synthetic medium, however, which contains buffer, salts, an amino acid energy source, and growth factors such as nicotinamide (for which there is a strict requirement). Even on blood agar the organism grows slowly and requires 3-6 days to form pinpoint colonies. Bordetella pertussis colonizes the cilia of the mammalian respiratory epithelium (Figure 1). Generally, it is thought that B. pertussis does not invade the tissues, but some recent work has shown the bacterium in alveolar macrophages. The bacterium is a pathogen for humans and possibly for higher primates, and no other reservoir is known. Whooping cough is a relatively mild disease in adults but has a significant mortality rate in infants. Until immunization was introduced in the 1930s, whooping cough was one of the most frequent and severe diseases of infants in the United States.

73. HealthWorld Online - Herbal Medicine - Pertussis pertussis © David L. Hoffmann B.Sc. (Hons), MNIMH An acute, highlycommunicable bacterial disease, characterizedby a paroxysmal http://www.healthy.net/library/books/hoffman/lowerrespitory/pertussis.htm

74. Facts About Pertussis, Or Whooping Cough, From K-State's Lafene whooping cough. Contact your physician for more information. FACTS ABOUTpertussis, OR WHOOPING COUGH. What is pertussis? pertussis or http://www.newss.ksu.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/listwhoopingcough.html

75. BioSpace : CCIS : Search Results For Indication = 'Diptheria/pertussis/tetanus' 13 Search Results for Indication = 'Diptheria/pertussis/tetanus'. PatientsSee Clinical Research Studies currently enrolling patients http://www.biospace.com/ccis/search.cfm?RXTargetID=77

76. Bordetella Pertussis - Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) NAME Bordetella pertussis. DRUG RESISTANCE Two erythromycinresistantisolates of B. pertussis have been reported in Utah and Arizona. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/pphb-dgspsp/msds-ftss/msds20e.html

Material Safety Data Sheets - Index MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET - INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCES SECTION I - INFECTIOUS AGENT NAME: Bordetella pertussis SYNONYM OR CROSS REFERENCE: Whooping cough, B. parapertussis CHARACTERISTICS: Gram-negative coccobacilli, aerobic, encapsulated, non-motile, produces a toxin; B. pertussis has fastidious growth requirements while B. parapertussis grows on simple culture media SECTION II - HEALTH HAZARD PATHOGENICITY: An acute respiratory disease with three stages: a catarrhal stage with an irritating cough, lasts 1 to 2 weeks; a paroxysmal stage characterized by violent coughs followed by a high pitched inspiratory whoop, lasts 2 to 6 weeks; a convalescent stage where the cough gradually decreases in frequency and severity, lasts several weeks; 75% of deaths are among infants; parapertussis is similar but milder, occurs in school-age children and is seen less frequently EPIDEMIOLOGY: Common in children worldwide; decline in incidence and mortality following immunization and where good nutrition and medical care are available; in unimmunized populations with malnutrition and multiple infections, pertussis is among the most lethal infant diseases HOST RANGE: Humans INFECTIOUS DOSE: Unknown MODE OF TRANSMISSION: Primarily by direct contact with discharges from respiratory mucous membranes of infected persons by the airborne route, probably by droplets; frequently brought home by an older sibling

77. Pertussis pertussis (Whooping Cough). See CDC site in bibliography for more details. pertussisoutbreaks in Switzerland and the Netherlands in the 1990s Views . http://www.biologymom.com/Disease/pertussis.htm

78. Community Health Services .::Pertussis (Whooping Cough)::. COPYRIGHT STATEMENTS. Home Health Information Communicable Diseases pertussis(Whooping Cough) What is pertussis (Whooping Cough)? This page http://www.lambtonhealth.on.ca/communicable/pertussis.asp

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79. DNA Structural Analysis Sequenced Genomes bioinformatics links. CBS CBS Prediction Servers GenomeAtlas Bacteria Bordetella pertussis TohamaI. Organism Sort http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/services/GenomeAtlas/Bacteria/Bordetella/pertussis/TohamaI

CBS CBS Prediction Servers GenomeAtlas Bacteria ... pertussis >> TohamaI Organism Sort by taxonomic group Segment %AT Sort by AT content Size (bp) Sort by size Periodicity (main peak) Number of genes Sort by number of genes Coding density Sort by coding density Atlas Promoter analysis Reference Sort by Date Bordetella pertussis Strain: TohamaI Sanger NCBI tax NCBI Entrez Main chromosome bp noisy na na% na bp/gene Genome Atlas Base Atlas Structure Atlas Repeat Atlas ... Cruciform Atlas (A-DNA Atlas) (Z-DNA Atlas) (Promoter) Sanger unpublished CORRESPONDENCE: David W. Ussery, dave@cbs.dtu.dk Hans-Henrik Stærfeldt, hhs@cbs.dtu.dk Lars Juhl Jensen, ljj@cbs.dtu.dk This file is last modified document.write(document.lastModified)

80. Pertussis pertussis is a violent cough, sometimes called whooping cough. A vaccinefor pertussis was developed in 1948. Before then, children http://www.healthandage.com/html/res/com/ConsConditions/Pertussiscc.html

Table of Contents Conditions Pertussis Also Listed As: Signs and Symptoms What Causes It? What to Expect at Your Provider's Office Treatment Options ... Supporting Research Pertussis is a violent cough, sometimes called whooping cough. A vaccine for pertussis was developed in 1948. Before then, children in the United States often died from it. The disease is rising again because fewer people are getting vaccinated. Signs and Symptoms The three phases of the disease are listed below. Catarrhal phase (lasts one to two weeks): Upper respiratory infection; begins like the common cold Low-grade fever (less than 100.4°F) Loss of appetite Paroxysmal phase (lasts one to four weeks): Cough increases (2 to 50 times a day) and fever decreases Sudden, forceful breathing in causes the whooping sound A sudden intense bout of coughing (paroxysms) causes bulging and tearing eyes, tongue sticking out, and bluish discoloration Vomiting or choking may follow coughing bouts Convalescent phase (lasts two weeks to several months): Cough slowly goes away What Causes It?

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