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Pertussis is more infectious than smallpox, polio or influenza, and it spreads quickly through the unprotected.
Whooping cough makes a comeback Arthur Allen 2010
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Pertussis is particularly serious for infants and young children.
Whooping Cough 2010
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Pertussis is more infectious than smallpox, polio or influenza, and it spreads quickly through the unprotected.
Whooping cough makes a comeback Arthur Allen 2010
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Pertussis is spread from person to person through the air by infectious droplets; it is a highly contagious infection caused by the Bordetella pertussis bacterium.
Whooping Cough 2010
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Pertussis is still very common in the United States.
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Pertussis is unusual in that most children catch the disease from adults and not other children.
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Pertussis is on the rise not just in Colorado but across the country: there were 7,600 cases last year, as compared with 4,600 in 1994.
Bucking the Herd 2002
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Pertussis is on the rise not just in Colorado but across the country: there were 7,600 cases last year, as compared with 4,600 in 1994.
Bucking the Herd 2002
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Visit vaccineinformation. org and click on "Pertussis" for vaccine information.
Whooping Cough 2010
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Dorey downplays the seriousnessof the diseases vaccines are meant to prevent. n an article titled Pertussis: The Fear Factor, she writes that when her own children came down with whooping cough, it was a storm in a teacup’’resolved with homeopathic remedies.
The great vaccination debate... Madmother 2009
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