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According to the Centers for Disease Control, the disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis is highly contagious.
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The four vaccines for entering kindergarten remain the same: 1) chicken pox, 2) polio, 3) measles/mumps/rubella (MMR) and 4) diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis (DTaP) for children under seven years.
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Pennsylvania also requires vaccination against tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis, measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis B, and chickenpox.
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Kindergartners are required to be vaccinated against illnesses such as pertussis (Tdap); polio; measles, mumps and rubella (MMR); and varicella, better known as chicken pox.
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Children are required to be vaccinated against pertussis but the vaccine is not 100 percent effective.
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Whooping cough, or pertussis, is spread through droplets.
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Doctors also recommend pertussis vaccines to pregnant women and unvaccinated adults.
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Dr. Karen Landers, assistant state health officer, said the pertussis vaccine is not 100 percent effective.
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Origin and Etymology of pertussis
New Latin, from Latin per- thoroughly + tussis cough
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