Whooping Cough

Whooping Cough Links

• Bordetella Pertussis and Whooping Cough 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.
  
  
• Dr. Reddy's Pediatric Office on the Web Cause, treatment, and information on thimerosal and whooping cough vaccines.
  
• 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]
  
• Adam.com - Pertussis Definition, causes, incidence, risk factors, and immunization information for whooping cough.
  
• Lowell General Hospital General information about perutissis.
  
• Whooping Cough Still at Large Article on the outbreaks of whooping-cough today. [Onhealth.com]
  
• The Return of Whooping Cough An article by Melinda Sacks on an old-fashioned sounding illness once thought only a danger to infants has begun to make a comeback in older children and adults whose protective vaccinations, once thought to be good for a lifetime, have worn off. [Onhealth.com]
  
• Pediatric Database - Pertussis Definition, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, investigations, and management.
  
• Whooping Cough Diagnosis and Information Information for lay and professional people. Emphasis on how to diagnose it without lab tests. Download a sound file of typical whooping cough. Email the author for more information.
  
• 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.
  
• Immunization Action Coalition Photograph of child suffering from whooping cough which may be used for displays, brochures, posters, color prints, and presentations.
  
• Medinfo Easy to understand information for patients on whooping cough including symptoms, causes, diagnosis, prevention and treatment.
  
• ASTDHPPHE Questions and answers on pertussis by the Association of State and Territorial Directors of Health Promotion and Public Health Education.
  
• Pertussis Fact Sheet Symptoms, potential complications, how it is spread, who gets it, treatment, and prevention. By the Seattle and King County.
  
• Spokane Regional Health District Questions and answers about pertussis in children and adults.
  
• Calgary Regional Health Authority. Complications, symptoms, when to call the doctor, prevention and vaccines for whooping cough.
  
• WHALE Articles on whooping cough or varicella: therapies and vaccination.
  
• Whooping Cough Booming in Adults Childhood illness strikes adults. [ABCNews.com]
  
• OnHealth with WebMD General information about whooping cough and antibiotics which may be used.
  
• Sanger Centre : Bordetella Pertussis Project performed in collaboration with Duncan Maskell and Andrew Preston of the Centre for Veterinary Science, Dept. of Clinical Veterinary medicine, The University of Cambridge. Currently involved in sequencing the 3.88 Mb genome of Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent of whooping cough.
  
• DrugBase of South Africa Etiology, epidemiology, symptoms, signs, diagnosis, prognosis, complications, prophylaxis, and treatment for pertussis, also known as whooping cough.
  
• Whooping Cough (Encarta) Definition and details about Whooping Cough from Encarta.
  
• HuoustonChronicle.com : Immunization - Pertussis General information, timetable for the vaccines, and procedures in vaccination by Dr. Allan Bruckheim, a Tribune Media Services syndicated columnist.