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 shape of whooping cough
The Pertussis, or whooping cough vaccination is called the DTaP for children and the vaccination for adolescents and adults is called the the Tdap. Both protect against whooping cough, tetanus, and diphtheria.