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Pertussis ( Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis )
Pertussis is an acute respiratory tract infection; the term pertussis means “intense cough” and is preferable to whooping cough, because most infected individuals do not “whoop.” Etiology Bordetella pertussis is the cause of epidemic pertussis and the usual cause of…