No studies in humans published to date Resume use of the conventional whole-cell pertussis vaccine Good efficacy profile and duration of protection Probably would not be accepted in the developed ...

pertussis was used for inoculation ... Individual blood pipettes were used for each animal. The total white-cell and differential counts were performed once every three or four days, and the ...

Questions and answers republished by permission. Q: Are many of the current pertussis cases adults who are infected? – Esther, Lake Oswego A: The most current data we have on pertussis that is ...

The number of whooping cough cases in Florida soared in 2024. From Jan. 1, 2024 to Dec. 31, 2024, the Florida Department of Health reported 715 cases of pertussis – an eight-fold increase over ...

A nationwide surge in pertussis has reached Erie County, which reported 23 cases of the vaccine-preventable disease in 2024. It is the county's highest annual number of cases since 34 were ...

Still, Pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough, has now been added to the list of diseases for which precautions should be taken this winter. According to state health officials ...

Additionally, pertussis can look a lot like a common cold for the first week or so, which means someone could unknowingly spread the bacteria for days before the telltale cough kicks in.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), last year 4.2% of total cases of whooping cough reported in the US were in infants younger than six months old. Of those ...