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Bordetella pertussis (Pertussis) and Other Bordetella Species
Pertussis is an acute respiratory tract infection that was well described in the 1500s and endemic in Europe by the 1600s; its current worldwide prevalence is dampened only by continuous use of active immunization. Sydenham first used the term pertussis…