It’s a respiratory infection that tends to get the most airtime among parents of infants, as young children are especially likely to catch it and have a bad case. But adults can certainly get it, too.

Aaron M. Wendelboe, PhD; Elisabeth Njamkepo, PhD; Antoine Bourillon, MD; D Daniel Floret, MD; Joel Gaudelus, MD; Michael Gerber, MD; Emmanuel Grimprel, MD, PhD; David ...

Whooping cough, due to Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis, is an important cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. Despite widespread pertussis immunization in childhood ...

One hypothesis is that the switch from a vaccine containing whole Bordetella pertussis cells to an acellular version with pertussis antigens—a change that happened in the US around the year 2000—might ...

Whooping cough is caused by a bacteria called Bordetella pertussis. It can spread from ... and tests to diagnose whopping cough: • A lab test in which a sample of mucus is taken from the back ...

Mohan said whooping cough is a contagious respiratory disease caused by Bordetella pertussis, a bacteria that only affects humans. Cold-like symptoms are usually the first signs of whooping cough.

Trial anticipated for H2 2025 to evaluate most advanced next generation intranasal pertussis vaccine for whooping cough ...