Pertussis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pəˈtʌsɪs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pertussis is a noun meaning (pathology) Whooping cough.
Meaning
(pathology) Whooping cough.
Example Sentences
Bordetella pertussis is a Gram-negative bacterial pathogen that infects the human respiratory tract, causing the disease pertussis or whooping cough.
With the introduction of an improved and standardized pertussis vaccine in the 1940s, there followed a remarkable decline in pertussis in the United States, most of the Western world, and Australia, New Zealand, and Japan.
2015, Dr. Stephen Berger, Pertussis: Global Status, GIDEON Informatics, Inc., E-book, page 343, During 1993 to 2004, the hospitalization rate [in the US] for pertussis among infants ages <= 2 months was 239 per 100,000 live births.
Word Forms
- pertusses
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