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What is another name for whopping cough?
Whooping cough or Pertussis, is a highly contagious disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis.
How is bordetella pertussis caused?
This bacterium is a causative agent of whooping cough disease or Pertussis. It causes the disease by infecting human respiratory system.
How does Bordetella pertussis affect the peptide hormone response?
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 a bacterium?
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.
Where is bordetella pertussis most likely to be found?
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.
Where in the body is bordetella found?
Bordetella is found in the upper part of your body....such as the immune system
Can bordetella cause distemper or not?
Bordetella (a coccobacillius) and distemper (a paramyxovirus) are different disease organisms so no.
what is the meaning of diphtheria?
Diphtheria is an infectioncaused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Where is bordetella pertussis found?
The first outbreaks of Bordetella Pertussis were described in the 16th century. Bordetella Pertussis was not identified until 1906. There were over 250,000 cases of Bordetella Pertussis per year in the U.S., with up to 9,000 deaths. Bordetella Pertussis was first recognized after an epidemic in Paris in 1578. By 1976, the incidence of Bordetella Pertussis in the U.S. had decreased by 99%. Jules Bordet (1870-1960) along with Octave Gengou discovered Bordetella Pertussis in pure culture in 1906 as the actual cause of Whooping Cough.
What is the meaning of bacillus?
A variety of bacterium; a microscopic, rod-shaped vegetable organism.
Bordetella vaccine now my dog has it?
My dog also had the bordetella vaccine and caught it about a month later at a dog park. The vet said the vaccine protects them from certain strains of the disease but not all of them. He said they can still catch certain types of bordetella.
What causes pertussis?
The causative organism is Bordetella pertussis.
