Whooping cough

Whooping cough is an acute, highly communicable respiratory disease, worldwide in distribution and among the most acute infections of children. It can cause convulsions, ear infections, pneumonia, bronchitis, collapses lungs and sometimes brain damage. It is the cause of more school absenteeism than any other infectious disease.

1. The number of deaths from whooping cough had fallen long before the vaccine was introduced. The vaccine has not reduced the incidence of the disease.

1. Children's diseases
2. Bacterial disease

1. Ulcers
2. Prolapse of the rectum
3. Pneumonia
4. Meningitis
5. Inflammatory affections of the bronchial tubes and lungs
6. Infant mortality
7. Convulsions
8. Cerebrovascular accidents

1. Immunization against disease