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Whooping Cough and Other Bordetella Infections
Definition Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a toxin-mediated, highly contagious respiratory illness that affects all age groups and is characterized by distinctive, violent, paroxysmal coughing episodes, which end in the classic inspiratory whoop that gives the disease its…