Whooping Cough

Paper Summary:

The paper reveals the symptoms and treatments for whooping cough. The paper relates that adults and adolescents generally recover from whooping cough without serious complications but infants, particularly those under the age of 2, can have severe complications. The paper discusses the pertussis vaccine, the most effective prevention against this illness. The paper quotes the World Heath Organization's belief that pertussis had been neglected as a disease and basic laboratory surveillance and control measures need to be strengthened globally.

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"Whooping Cough, known medically as Pertussis, is a serious respiratory tract infection that attacks the lining of the breathing passages, especially the windpipe area (Whooping 2006). Caused by Bordetella Pertussis bacteria, whooping cough is extremely contagious and can be fatal, however widespread vaccination has made the disease rare in the United States (Whooping 2006). Whooping cough gets its name from the patient's labored inhalation that causes the individual to make a high-pitched whooping sound when breathing (Whooping 2006)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Green, Alan. (2002). Pertussis. Retrieved September 18 2006 from:http://www.drgreene.com/21_1155.html
• Whooping Cough. (2005). Mayo Clinic. Retrieved September 18 2006 from:http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/whooping-cough/DS00445/DSECTION=3
• Whooping Cough. (2006). MedlinePlus: U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. Retrieved September 18 2006 from:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/whoopingcough.html
• Whooping cough a continuing problem. (2002, June 29). British Medical Journal. Retrieved September 18 2006 from:http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/324/7353/1537

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