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Whooping cough
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What is pertussis commonly known as?
Whooping cough is the common name for pertussis.
What is the common name for the pertussis?
Whooping cough.
What is the Scientific name for whopping cough?
The scientific name for whooping cough is Bordetella pertussis.
What is another name for whopping cough?
Whooping cough or Pertussis, is a highly contagious disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis.
Medical name for whooping caugh?
Whooping cough is a highly contagious bacterial infection in your respiratory system caused by a bacteria called Bordetella Pertussis. If you grew up in a developed country, you were probably vaccinated as a child. It affects people of all ages, but is most severe in children. (It is particularly severe in children under 1 year of age.) It was first recognised after a whooping cough epidemic in Paris in 1578. It was then known as the "dog bark," the "chin" cough or "kin" cough, meaning "convulsive" cough. The disease causes sudden attacks of an irritating cough that often end in a high-pitched whooping sound as the child takes a breath. Although immunization has reduced its severity, it is still a common infection. Regular epidemics occur every 3-4 years.
What is the scientific name for whooping cough?
Pertussis.
Pertussis is the medical name for what?
The medical term, pertussis, is what causes whooping cough. Whooping cough is coughing uncontrollably, then gasping for air, which is caused by Bordetella pertussis.
How do you spell quadreachel?
The likely proper noun is the trademark name Quadracel, a pertussis vaccine.The similar common term is the adjective quadriatical, a variant of quadriatic.
Transmitted by the tsetse fly by what name is African trypanosomiasis also known?
Sleeping sickness
Is the name Bethney common?
The name Bethney is not common or well-known.
What protozoan is responsible for African sleeping sickness?
The common name is African Trypanosomaisis. It is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma brucei.
What is a common name for diphtheria?
Diphtheria is an infectioncaused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
