whooping cough

    Top: Health: Conditions_and_Diseases: Respiratory_Disorders: Whooping_Cough:

• - Synopsis of the communicable diseases intelligence technical report series number 1 endorsed by the Communicable Diseases Network of Australia and New Zealand.
  
• - A brief definition, followed by links to research articles, overviews, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
  
• - Provides general information, signs and symptoms, and treatments. Includes a guide as to when to call a doctor.
  
• - Articles on whooping cough or varicella: therapies and vaccination.
  
• - Latest news stories on the disease.
  
• - General information about whooping cough and vaccination.
  
• - Photograph of child suffering from whooping cough which may be used for displays, brochures, posters, color prints, and presentations.
  
• - 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]
  
• - Symptoms, potential complications, how it is spread, who gets it, treatment, and prevention. By the Seattle and King County.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Definition, causes, incidence, risk factors, and immunization information for whooping cough.
  
• - Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment.
  
• - Questions and answers on pertussis by the Association of State and Territorial Directors of Health Promotion and Public Health Education.
  
• - Cause, treatment, and information on thimerosal and whooping cough vaccines.
  
• - Complications, symptoms, when to call the doctor, prevention and vaccines for whooping cough.
  
• - Directory of articles, news, and factsheets.
  
• - Easy to understand information for patients on whooping cough including symptoms, causes, diagnosis, prevention and treatment.
  
• - 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 pertussi