Whooping Cough Due to Bordetella pertussis and other Bord...
Cherry, James D.
Over the last century, interest in Bordetella pertussis and whooping cough has abounded at the same time as misunderstanding and misinformation about it proliferates and case numbers fluctuate. By the mid-twentieth century, B. pertussis was recognized and accepted as the cause of whooping cough, and newly developed vaccines were demonstrated to effectively prevent pertussis in children. Thousands of B. pertussis studies have since been carrie...