Haemophilus pertussis (Whooping Cough)

From MicrobeWiki, the student-edited microbiology resource
Revision as of 22:06, 27 July 2014 by Teresa.l.vu-1 (talk | contribs)
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.
This is a curated page. Report corrections to Microbewiki.
Microbiology in Italy[1]
Haemophilus pertussis[2]

Etiology/Bacteriology

Taxonomy

| Domain = Bacteria | Phylum = Proteobacteria | Class = Betaproteobacteria | Order = Burkholderiales | Family = Alcaligenaceae | Genus = Bordetella | species = pertussis

NCBI: Taxonomy Genome: [3]

Description

Pathogenesis

Transmission

Infectious dose, incubation, and colonization

Virulence factors

Clinical features

Diagnosis

Treatment

Prevention

Host Immune Response

References

  1. Oakley S, and Kilcoyne A. The whooping cough epidemic: prevention and treatment. Practice Nursing. 2012 Oct. 604-7