Whooping cough : also known as pertussis.

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• Corporate Authors:
  American Academy of Family Physicians. ; American Academy of Pediatrics. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Offers a story from a family affected by pertussis. Describes symptoms of infection, benefits and risks of vaccination, details about the vaccine, and history of the disease.
  
  What is whooping cough? -- Symptoms--sometimes the cough is the clue, but not always -- Whooping cough--most serious for the very young -- Whooping cough today -- Whooping cough vaccine for baby -- Whooping cough vaccines for pre-teens and adults.
  
  Diseases and the vaccines that prevent them.
  
  Updated February 2013.
  
  Also called: Whooping cough for parents: in depth.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Diphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis Vaccines Vaccination Whooping Cough/prevention & Control
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Patient Education Handout
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f094456306d494225c7053a432c5becc7d206d27d23c911b6f183646dc92188f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/20691/cdc_20691_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 325.96 KB ]