Book chapter
Bordetella pertussis (Pertussis) and Other Bordetella Species
Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, pp 865-873
2012
Abstract
Pertussis is an acute respiratory tract infection that was well described in the 1500s and endemic in Europe by the 1600s; its current worldwide prevalence is dampened only by continuous use of active immunization. Sydenham first used the term pertussis (intense cough) in 1670. Inexorable spasms of coughing and a protracted course characterize pertussis, as attested to by names given to the disease in many languages: tos ferina and tosse canina (dog’s bark) in Spanish and Italian, respectively, chincough (gasping cough) in old English, coqueluche (cock’s crow) in French, and the “cough of 100 days” in Chinese. [1st paragraph]
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Details
- Title
- Bordetella pertussis (Pertussis) and Other Bordetella Species
- Creators
- Sarah S. LongKathryn M. EdwardsJussi Mertsola
- Publication Details
- Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, pp 865-873
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Edition
- 4th
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Pediatrics
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84966989744
- Other Identifier
- 991019335232804721