They are not the same disease. Diphtheria is a far more dangerous disease. It can seriously damage the heart and central nervous system. Croup, which usually afflicts infants, is an infection of the larynx.
Diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), tetanus
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immunizations against diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus. Pertussis is whooping cough.
Pertussis (i.e., whooping cough) DPT - Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus
Whooping cough
He had a variety of diseases including diphtheria, whooping cough, and asthma.
DTP is a vaccine which inoculates us against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus
the top six killer disease in Nepal are diarrhea, measles, respiratory tract infection, tuberculosis, diphtheria, whooping cough.
DPT (also DTP and DTwP) refers to a class of combination vaccines against three infectious diseases in humans: diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus. The vaccine components include diphtheria and tetanus toxoids, and killed whole cells of the organism that causes pertussis (wP).
It is called Pertussis or "Whooping Cough".
The whooping cough vaccine, known as the DTP (diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis) vaccine, was first introduced in the 1940s. It became widely administered to infants in the United States starting in 1949. The vaccine has since been an important part of routine childhood immunizations to protect against whooping cough.
the shape of whooping cough