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Whooping cough (peturtussis) : a contagious disease that can be deadly for babies [PDF]

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Whooping cough can be dangerous, especially for newborns and babiesWhooping cough can lead to pneumonia (a serious lung infection, convulsions, brain damage, apnea, death (illustration of hospital with sign stating "About half of babies younger than 1 ...

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Exploring the Cancer Therapeutic Potential of Traditional Medicinal Plants by Modulating the Apoptotic Pathway

open access: yesBioMed Research International, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Introduction Cancer is a versatile disease with a high rate of relapse and mortality. Despite the presence of various treatment modalities, there is a serious need for the development of its management. Phytochemicals, which are abundant in nature, can be turned into novel medications for these types of diseases by optimizing their functions and ...
Mithila Kulkarni   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Whooping Cough (Pertussis) immunisation for pregnant women - Factsheet

open access: yes, 2012
This factsheet provides information and encourages uptake of the whooping cough vaccine for pregnant women. Cases of whooping cough are on the increase - by getting the vaccine while pregnant you can protect your ...
Public Health Agency
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Whooping cough : also known as pertussis. [PDF]

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Offers a story from a family affected by pertussis. Describes symptoms of infection, benefits and risks of vaccination, details about the vaccine, and history of the disease.What is whooping cough?

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Whooping cough in school age children with presistent cough: a prospective cohort study in primary care.

open access: yes, 2006
Objective To estimate the proportion of school age children with a persistent cough who have evidence of a recent Bordetella pertussis infection. Design Prospective cohort study (October 2001 to March 2005).
Mayon-White, R   +12 more
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Cerebellar ataxia following whooping cough

open access: yes, 1999
Bordetella pertussis (BP), the agent of whooping cough, has not been recognized so far as a cause of permanent cerebellar ataxia in human. We describe three patients who developed a disabling and permanent cerebellar syndrome soon after whooping cough ...
Jacquy, Jean   +11 more
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The clinical case of a combined new coronavirus infection and whooping cough in an unvaccinated child

open access: yes, 2023
Whooping cough remains a life-threatening infection, especially for unvaccinated young children. The article describes a case of severe and non-smooth course of whooping cough in an unvaccinated girl of 4 months of life from the family hearth of whooping
M. Ya. Ioffe   +4 more
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Studying the Efficacy and Perception of Whooping Cough Vaccines

open access: yes, 2018
This paper addresses a brief history of Whooping Cough vaccines, and brings up a number of concerns regarding the limited understanding of how well these vaccines prevent transmission and colonization.
Daniel S Goldman
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Construction and preliminary immunobiological characterization of a novel, non-reverting, intranasal live attenuated whooping cough vaccine candidate

open access: yes, 2012
We describe the construction and immunobiological properties of a novel whooping cough vaccine candidate, in which the aroQ gene, encoding 3-dehydroquinase, wasdeleted by insertional inactivation using the kanamycin resistance gene cassette and allelic ...
Mukkur, Trilochan   +4 more
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Hyperreactivity of the bronchi in children, whooping cough convalescents

open access: yes, 2020
Objective: to assess the presence and degree of bronchial hyperreactivity in convalescents of whooping cough based on the results of bronchial provocation tests.Materials and methods.
A. V. Orlov   +2 more
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