TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Pertussis
A1  - Skoff, Tami H.
A1  - Pawloski, Lucia
A1  - Acosta, Anna
A2  - Boulton, Matthew L.
A2  - Wallace, Robert B.
PY  - 2022
T2  - Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e
AB  - Pertussis  is  a  highly  communicable,  vaccine-preventable,  respiratory  illness  caused  by  the  bacterium  Bordetella  pertussis.  It  is  typically  characterized  by  paroxysms  of  severe  coughing  that  can  last  for  many  weeks  and  are  often  associated  with  inspiratory  whooping  and  posttussive  vomiting.  In  the  prevaccine  era,  pertussis  was  a  significant  cause  of  morbidity  and  mortality  among  infants  and  children  in  the  United  States.1  With  introduction  of  pertussis  vaccines  in  the  1940s,  the  number  of  reported  cases  declined  substantially;  however,  in  more  recent  years,  a  resurgence  of  disease  has  been  observed  (Fig.  97-1).1–4  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw Hill
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/24
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182675776
ER  -