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Definition of pertussis
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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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The cases in Chambers County occurred in children and adults who received the pertussis vaccination.
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The event will include a chance to tour the medical offices and complimentary screenings and vaccines for the first 100 registrants, including cholesterol/glucose screenings and TDAP vaccine (tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis).
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Generous donor support has gotten vaccines for diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio, measles and hepatitis B to more than 80 percent of the world’s poorest children.
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Origin and Etymology of pertussis
New Latin, from Latin per- thoroughly + tussis cough
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