Abstract
BACKGROUND: Pertussis, a disease that has been well described since the Middle Ages, has a worldwide distribution and can infect all ages. It is caused by the gram-negative, pleomorphic bacillus Bordetella pertussis, which is transmitted from human to human via aerosolized droplets at close range. Descriptions such as the one-hundred day cough in Chinese and whooping cough in English, describe the severity of this disease seen in both the developed and the developing world.
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Burnett, M. (2013). Pertussis. Journal of Special Operations Medicine : A Peer Reviewed Journal for SOF Medical Professionals, 13(4), 113–114. https://doi.org/10.1177/216507991105900606
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