The causative organism is Bordetella pertussis.
Pertussis is also known as Whopping Cough is caused by a bacteria called Bordetella pertussis.
Bordatella pertussis does not cause chickenpox; it causes whooping cough. Varicella zoster virus causes chickenpox.
The medical term, pertussis, is what causes whooping cough. Whooping cough is coughing uncontrollably, then gasping for air, which is caused by Bordetella pertussis.
This bacterium is a causative agent of whooping cough disease or Pertussis. It causes the disease by infecting human respiratory system.
Most of the time, a bacteria called bordetella pertussis is inhaled, colonizes your lungs and then you get the characteristic whooping cough.
Frequent bouts of coughing sometimes causes subconjuntival hemorrhage
Whooping cough - or pertussis - is an infection of the respiratory system caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis (or B. pertussis). It's characterized by severe coughing spells that end in a "whooping" sound when the person breathes in.
it is the bacteria that causes whooping cough and is found in the upper respiratory tract of the lungs.
Bordetella pertussis is the bacterium that causes pertussis (whooping cough). It is spread from host to host only by humans and travels through the air. Nobody knows where the bacterium originated but it was first isolated by scientists in Belgium in 1906. Pertussis is highly-contagious and incidents are on the rise in North America. There is a vaccine, but it still remains the leading cause of vaccine-preventable deaths world-wide.
Whooping cough or Pertussis, is a highly contagious disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis.
Pertussis, aka Whooping Cough.
pertussis
Whooping cough is the common name for pertussis.