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Today’s whooping cough vaccines contain an acellular pertussis component, which is derived from inactive parts of the bacterium that causes whooping cough, Bordetella pertussis, per CDC.
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Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
What is whooping cough? Also known as pertussis, whooping cough is a respiratory infection.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 15 Apr. 2025
Louisiana has had 110 cases of pertussis reported so far this year, the health department said – already approaching the 154 cases reported for all of 2024.
—Neha Mukherjee, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
But until the 1990s, whole-cell pertussis vaccines were administered.
—Melissa Dahl, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2025
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Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
What is whooping cough? Also known as pertussis, whooping cough is a respiratory infection.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 15 Apr. 2025
Louisiana has had 110 cases of pertussis reported so far this year, the health department said – already approaching the 154 cases reported for all of 2024.
—Neha Mukherjee, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
But until the 1990s, whole-cell pertussis vaccines were administered.
—Melissa Dahl, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2025
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“Pertussis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pertussis. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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pertussis
noun
per·tus·sis
pər-ˈtəs-əs 
Medical Definition
pertussis
noun
per·tus·sis
pər-ˈtəs-əs
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