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<br>Vaccination is a widely used practice to help prevent infectious disease and commonly spread illnesses. A widely known and common vaccine is used to prevent infection of Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent of Whooping cough. Whooping cough is known as one of the most common infectious disease deaths in the world<ref name=Kerr>[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s100960050435/ Kerr, J.R. and Matthews, R.C."<i>Bordetella pertussis</i> Infection: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Management, and the Role of Protective Immunity." 2000. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease 19:77-88.]</ref>. The disease results in over 50 million cases worldwide per year, with the majority being unvaccinated individuals present in Third World Countries<ref name=Kerr></ref>.
<br>Vaccination is a widely used practice to help prevent infectious disease and commonly spread illnesses. A widely known and common vaccine is used to prevent infection of Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent of Whooping cough. Whooping cough is known as one of the most common infectious disease deaths in the world<ref name=Kerr>[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s100960050435/ Kerr, J.R. and Matthews, R.C."<i>Bordetella pertussis</i> Infection: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Management, and the Role of Protective Immunity." 2000. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease 19:77-88.]</ref>. The disease results in over 50 million cases worldwide per year, with the majority being unvaccinated individuals present in Third World Countries<ref name=Kerr></ref>.
B. pertussis is spread through coughing and sneezing and symptoms first appear seven to ten days after infection<ref name=WHO>[https://www.who.int/health-topics/pertussis#tab=tab_1/ World Health Organization: Pertussis 2018]</ref>
B. pertussis is spread through coughing and sneezing and symptoms first appear seven to ten days after infection<ref name=WHO>[https://www.who.int/health-topics/pertussis#tab=tab_1/ World Health Organization: Pertussis 2018]</ref>. These symptoms include: fever, runny nose, coughing which develops into a whooping cough, and phenomena<ref name=WHO></ref>. Those infected with pertussis are contagious for around three weeks once coughing is displayed as a symptom yet symptoms can last up to eight weeks<ref name=WHO></ref>.


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Introduction and History

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Vaccination is a widely used practice to help prevent infectious disease and commonly spread illnesses. A widely known and common vaccine is used to prevent infection of Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent of Whooping cough. Whooping cough is known as one of the most common infectious disease deaths in the world[1]. The disease results in over 50 million cases worldwide per year, with the majority being unvaccinated individuals present in Third World Countries[1]. B. pertussis is spread through coughing and sneezing and symptoms first appear seven to ten days after infection[2]. These symptoms include: fever, runny nose, coughing which develops into a whooping cough, and phenomena[2]. Those infected with pertussis are contagious for around three weeks once coughing is displayed as a symptom yet symptoms can last up to eight weeks[2].



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Bordetella pertussis and Infection Stages

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B. Pertussis Vaccine History

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Vaccine Virulence

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Why Vaccination?

This graph shows the reported B. pertussis incidences for 1990-2019 by age group (per 100,00 persons). The graph shows infants less than one year old have the greatest risk for disease compared to all other age groups. [https://www.cdc.gov/pertussis/surv-reporting.html

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kerr, J.R. and Matthews, R.C."Bordetella pertussis Infection: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Management, and the Role of Protective Immunity." 2000. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease 19:77-88.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 World Health Organization: Pertussis 2018
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Authored for BIOL 238 Microbiology, taught by Joan Slonczewski, 2022, Kenyon College

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