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Pertussis
Lecture topics by Kenneth Todar of the University of Wisconsin Department of Bacteriology. With introduction, pathogenesis, colonization, the toxins, regulation of virulence factors, and vaccine.
http://www.bact.wisc.edu/Bact330/lecturebpertussis

Extractions: Bacteriology 330 Home Page 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
Pediatric Database - Pertussis
Describes the clinical aspects of whooping cough including its epidemiology and pathogenesis. Summarizes treatment options. Last Updated 2/22/94. pertussis (WHOOPING COUGH). DEFINITION
http://www.icondata.com/health/pedbase/files/PERTUSSI.htm
Pertussis Facts
Find out how this condition also known as whooping cough - spreads and who is at risk. Read about treatment and vaccination. pertussis. pertussis per-TUS-is is a bacterial infection of the respiratory tract.
http://www.astdhpphe.org/infect/per.html

Extractions: What is pertussis? Pertussis is a very contagious disease of the mucous membranes that line the air passages. It is also called whooping cough. What is the infectious agent that causes pertussis? Pertussis is caused by Bordetella pertussis , a bacterium. Where is pertussis found? Pertussis occurs worldwide. Pertussis bacteria live in the mouth, nose, and throat of an infected person. How do people get pertussis? Pertussis spreads easily from person to person. People get pertussis by breathing in droplets expelled from the nose or throat of an infected person during coughing or sneezing. It is also spread by direct contact with discharges from the nose or throat of an infected person. What are the signs and symptoms of pertussis?
Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Fact Sheet
pertussis (Whooping Cough) Fact Sheet. pertussis is a highly contagious bacterial infection that causes coughing and gagging with little or no fever. An infected person has cough episodes that may end in vomiting or cause a "whoop" sound when the
http://www.metrokc.gov/health/prevcont/pertuss.htm

Extractions: Please update your bookmarks. If the page doesn't refresh, click here to continue All information is general in nature and is not intended to be used as a substitute for appropriate professional advice. For more information please call (206) 296-4600 (voice/TDD). Updated: February 16, 2000, 11:37 AM Public Health Homepage Safe Food Safe Water Communicable Disease ... Search Links to external sites do not constitute endorsements by King County.
The Sanger Institute B.pertussis
Project performed in collaboration with Duncan Maskell and Andrew Preston of the Centre for Veterinary Category Health Conditions and Diseases Whooping CoughBordetella pertussis. The Sanger Institute has completed the sequencingof Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent of whooping
http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Projects/B_pertussis/
Page Moved - Pertussis
pertussis, Version en español (whooping cough). What is pertussis? pertussis, orwhooping cough, is a highly contagious disease involving the respiratory tract.
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/consumer/pert.htm
MEDLINEplus Medical Encyclopedia: Pertussis
Definition, causes, incidence, risk factors, and immunization information for whooping cough.Category Health Conditions and Diseases Whooping Coughpertussis. to top. pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is causedby infection with the Bordetella pertussis bacteria. The infection
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001561.htm

Extractions: Skip navigation Other encyclopedia topics: A-Ag Ah-Ap Aq-Az B-Bk ... Z Contents of this page: Respiratory system overview Alternative names Return to top Whooping cough Definition Return to top 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 Return to top 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.
Synopsis - Guidelines For The Control Of Pertussis In Australia
Synopsis of the communicable diseases intelligence technical report series number 1 endorsed by the Communicable Diseases Network of Australia and New Zealand.
http://www.health.gov.au/pubhlth/strateg/communic/tech/pertus.htm

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Immunization Action Coalition - Pertussis
Click here for a larger image size. Click here for the largest image size . Courtesy of World Health Organization child has pertussis difficult for him to stop coughing and to get air
http://www.immunize.org/images/ca.d/ipcd1861/img0007.htm
First Acellular Pertussis Vaccine Approved For Infants
Article about the Food and Drug Administration's announcement on licensing the first acellular pertussis vaccine for use in infants and children two months of age and older for the primary series of immunizations. Kidsource.com
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/news/infant_vaccine8_1_96.html

Extractions: WASHINGTON, July 31, 1996 The Food and Drug Administration today announced it has licensed the first acellular pertussis vaccine for use in infants and children two months of age and older for the primary series of immunizations. The vaccine protects infants against whooping cough while causing fewer side-effects than whole-cell pertussis vaccines now on the market. Currently, U.S. children receive a whole-cell pertussis vaccine in combination with diphtheria-tetanus toxoid, commonly called DTP, at 2, 4 and 6 months of age, with additional doses of either a DTP or DT vaccine with an acellular pertussis component (DTaP) at 12-18 months and before going to school. The vaccine approved today for infants is one of two DTaP vaccines already approved for children to be given as fourth and fifth doses following three DTP doses. This approval should give parents more confidence in the safety of the pertussis vaccine their infants will receive.
Lowell General Hospital - About LGH
General information about perutissis.
http://www.lowellgeneral.org/text/Pertussis.html
Pertussis - Common Questions
Questions and answers about pertussis in children and adults.
http://www.spokanecounty.org/health/CA/epi/Pertussis/common-questions.htm

Extractions: Last updated: October 19, 2000 PERTUSSIS: Commonly Asked Questions April, 1997 Pertussis vaccine is not recommended for anyone over the age of 7 years. A healthy individual over 7 years of age is thought to be mature enough to handle pertussis without the serious complications that would be seen in an infant. The pertussis vaccine is not completely effective in preventing pertussis. Pertussis vaccine will prevent serious complications due to pertussis infection and reduce the severity of the illness. It takes significant exposure to an infected individual to become infected. It is less likely that a person would become infected by someone who was merely exposed to pertussis and is not having any symptoms. If children have been significantly exposed to pertussis they may be incubating the infection, and not yet able to test positive. By treating the exposed individuals the risk of transmission to others is reduced dramatically
Pertussis.com
pertussis.com is a tool to help healthcare providers and parents to recognizepertussis (aka whooping cough), a serious childhood disease.
http://www.pertussis.com/

Extractions: The information contained in the pertussis.com web site should not be used as a substitute for the medical care and advice of your healthcare provider. There may be variations in treatment that your healthcare provider may recommend based on individual facts and circumstances. Pertussis.com is an educational project by the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) . Pertussis.com is made possible through an unrestricted educational grant from Aventis Pasteur
Pertussis.com Reporting Guide
pertussis disease is generally underreported and under-diagnosed forseveral potential reasons. Because a pertussis vaccine exists
http://www.pertussis.com/repguide.html

Extractions: Pertussis disease is generally under-reported and under-diagnosed for several potential reasons. Because a pertussis vaccine exists in the US, there may be a misconception that immunization has eliminated the disease. With nearly 8,000 cases reported in 2001, it is clear that awareness must be increased because pertussis is much more prevalent than is currently perceived. State health departments, in turn, collect reports from physicians and healthcare providers either directly or through local health officers. The state health departments provide the number of cases reported in their state to the CDC. The CDC does not take reports of pertussis cases directly from individual healthcare providers. The data collected by the CDC is published weekly in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
Anti-immunisation Scare: The Inconvenient Facts
A review and debunking of an antivaccine proponent, with information on the effects of reducing immunization rates of pertussis and measles and the false link between DTP and SIDS.
http://www.skeptics.com.au/journal/anti-immune.htm

Extractions: (Vol 17, No 1) Over the last few years immunisation rates in Australia have fallen. As a result there have been outbreaks of the infectious diseases immunisation is designed to combat. Earlier this year there was a significant outbreak of pertussis (whooping cough) with at least three children dying from this preventable disease. There has been a lot of media attention focused on the immunisation issue, and in an attempt at balanced reporting the views of individuals and groups who oppose immunisation have been given plenty of coverage. The most well known example of this was the ABC TV Quantum two part series aired on September 26 and October 3, 1996. The Australian Skeptics have been critical of the media in the past when they have unquestioningly given coverage to issues such as alien abductions or astrology. Can we now have our cake and eat it too? Is it reasonable to expect the media to only present the immunisation is good message? Are there really two sides to the immunisation debate? This is the question the sceptical scientist should be asking. Perhaps the answer lies in the distinction between scientific evidence and individual opinion. There will be a number of different opinions, or beliefs, about immunisation but, as the Australian Skeptics have so often observed, believing something to be so does not necessarily make it so.
Pertussis - CDC
Presented in Adobe Acrobat format, this article from the Center for Disease Control covers clinical features and complications of whooping cough. pertussis, or whooping cough, is an acute infectious disease caused
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/pink/pert.pdf
Communicable Disease Control, Epidemiology And Immunization Section
Communicable disease information for HIV/AIDS, pertussis, influenza, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, chickenpox, and others.
http://www.metrokc.gov/health/prevcont/

Extractions: Posters on hepatitis B prevention among Asian and Pacific Islander (API) persons available in seven languages for King County clinics. Where to get immunized in King County Notifiable communicable diseases in Washington State Information for health care providers in King County: HOW TO REPORT A NOTIFIABLE CONDITION IN KING COUNTY:
Irish Vaccine Injury Campaign
The group provides support to parents and families whose children reacted to the diphteriapertussis-tetanus (DPT) vaccine and suffered injuries and death in some cases as a result.
http://www.irishvaccineinjury.com
Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Fact Sheet
pertussis (Whooping Cough) Fact Sheet. pertussis is a highly contagious bacterialinfection that causes coughing and gagging with little or no fever.
http://www.metrokc.gov/health/prevcont/pertussis.htm

Extractions: Pertussis (Whooping Cough) What is it? Pertussis is a highly contagious bacterial infection that causes coughing and gagging with little or no fever. An infected person has cough episodes that may end in vomiting or cause a "whoop" sound when the person tries to breathe in. Video: What pertussis looks and sounds like: www.vaccineinformation.org/video/pertuss Symptoms Symptoms appear between 6 to 21 days (average 7-10) after exposure to the bacteria. The disease starts with cold symptoms: runny nose and cough. Sometime in the first 2 weeks, episodes of severe cough develop and that can last 1 to 2 months. The person may look and feel fairly healthy between these episodes. During bouts of cough, the lips and nails may turn blue for lack of air. Vomiting may occur after severe coughing spells. During the severe coughing stage, seizures or even death can occur, particularly in an infant. Immunized school children and adults have milder symptoms than young children.
MEDLINEplus: Whooping Cough
General/Overviews pertussis (Whooping Cough) (American Medical Association).Pictures/Diagrams pertussis (Immunization Action Coalition).
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/whoopingcough.html

Extractions: Also available in: Spanish Improved Pertussis Vaccines: Enhancing Protection (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Newly Formulated DTaP (Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis) Vaccine Approved With Only Trace Amounts of Thimerosal (Food and Drug Administration) Preventing Whooping Cough (American Academy of Pediatrics) Research

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