Directory of Whooping Cough Resources

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A bacterial respiratory infection characterized by paroxysmal coughing ending in a prolonged crowing intake of breath.

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• Bordetella Pertussis and Whooping Cough

  http://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/pertussis.html
  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

  http://www.drreddy.com/shots/whoop.html
  Cause, treatment, and information on thimerosal and whooping cough vaccines.

• First Acellular Pertussis Vaccine Approved For Infants

  http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/news/infant_vaccine8_1_96.html
  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]

• MedicineNet: Whooping Cough (Pertussis)

  http://www.medicinenet.com/pertussis/article.htm
  Doctor written consumer health information, includes causes, stages, symptoms, and treatments.

• Medinfo

  http://www.medinfo.co.uk/conditions/whoopingcough.html
  Easy to understand information for patients on whooping cough including symptoms, causes, diagnosis, prevention and treatment.

• MedlinePlus: Whooping Cough

  https://medlineplus.gov/whoopingcough.html
  Directory of articles, news, and factsheets.

• NHS Choices: Whooping Cough

  http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Whooping-cough/
  Factsheet including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and complications.

• Pertussis (Whooping Cough)

  http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/whooping-cough.html
  Provides general information, signs and symptoms, and treatments. Includes a guide as to when to call a doctor.

• Pertussis Fact Sheet

  http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/communicable/diseases/pertussis.aspx
  Symptoms, potential complications, how it is spread, who gets it, treatment, and prevention. By the Seattle and King County.

• Sanger Centre : Bordetella Pertussis

  http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Projects/B_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.

• WHALE

  http://www.whale.to/vaccines/whooping.htm
  Articles on whooping cough or varicella: therapies and vaccination.

• Whooping Cough Diagnosis and Information

  http://www.whoopingcough.net/
  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.

• Whooping Cough News - Topix

  http://www.topix.com/health/whooping-cough
  Latest news stories on the disease.

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