Symptoms of whooping cough
By Dr Ananya Mandal, MD
Whooping cough or Pertussis is an infectious disease that can be life threatening or fatal in infants but less serious in adults and adolescents.
The infection caused by a bacterium Bordetella pertussis, which spreads from the infected individual to others via mucus droplets in air released through bouts of coughing and sneezing. These are laden with the bacteria and infect the airways of the exposed.
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