0
Pertussis (whooping cough) can cause serious illness in infants, children and adults. The disease usually starts with cold-like symptoms and maybe a mild cough or fever. After 1 to 2 weeks, severe coughing can begin. Unlike the common cold, pertussis can become a series of coughing fits that continues for weeks.
Wiki User
∙ 10y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What does Bortatella pertussis attack?
First of all, the correct spelling is bordetella pertussis. Secondly, do you mean does it attack animals or humans?It is the bacteria that is responsible for whooping cough (or pertussis), which is a respiratory illness in humans. Humans are the only known hosts for bordetella pertussis, and it does not cross between humans and animals.
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.
Is it true or false that early symptoms of a biological attack may appear the same as common illnesses?
Depending on the type of biological used, the early symptoms of an attack could appear the same as a common illness. An example is a biological that causes flu like symptoms.
What happens after implantation bleeding stops?
After Implantation you develop other pregnancy symptoms such as vomiting, swollen breasts and other common symptoms
Give the symptoms for diabetes Mellitus?
The most common symptom is the diabetes triad. The 3 P's namely Polyuria or excessive urination, Polydypsia or excessive thirst and Polyphagia or excessive hunger.
What is the most common injury from bordetella pertussis?
Damage to the lungs
Who is affected by pertussis?
Pertussis affects babies age 1 or younger most severely and can be fatal for this population. Pertussis is transmitted via respiratory droplets and direct contact with sputum. A person with pertussis is most contagious before the onset of symptoms. After the manifestation of the disease, the person is much less contagious, but can still transmit the disease for over 3 weeks.
What is pertussis commonly known as?
Whooping cough is the common name for pertussis.
Pertussis Mode of transmission?
Adults and adolescents are the primary reservoir for pertussis. Pertussis is spread by contact with airborne discharges from the mucous membranes of infected people, who are most contagious during the catarrhal stage. Because the symptoms during the catarrhal stage are nonspecific, pertussis is usually not diagnosed until the appearance of the characteristic cough of the paroxysmal stage.
What are the main symptoms of pertussis?
Early symptoms of pertussis are a runny nose, low grade fever, and a mild cough. However, as the disease continues the symptoms expand to include coughing fits followed by the high pitched ''Whoop'', vomiting and exhaustion.
What is the most common injury pertussis can do?
Frequent bouts of coughing sometimes causes subconjuntival hemorrhage
What is the physiology of whooping cough?
B. pertussis causes its most severe symptoms by attaching itself to those cells in the respiratory tract which have cilia.
What is the common name for the pertussis?
Whooping cough.
What are the most common symptoms of bursitis?
Pain and tenderness are common symptoms.
Where pertussis found?
Pertussis occurs worldwide. Pertussis bacteria live in the mouth, nose, and throat of an infected person also called Whooping cough
What are the most common symptoms you get AFTER a stroke?
The most common symptoms you get after a stroke are initial disabilities such as muscle problems.
What is the common name of the sickness known as pertussis?
Whooping cough
