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A bacterium called Bordetella pertussis causes whooping cough, an upper respiratory disease formally known as pertussis. The nickname, according to the Mayo Clinic, comes from the high-pitched ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by bacteria called Bordetella pertussis.

When I contracted whooping cough a few years ago, I thought there must have been a mistake. Surely this antiquated disease couldn't still be active in the 21st century? But what started as a two ...

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The name comes from the high-pitched sound people make when inhaling after a cough. Whooping cough moves from person to person through the air when people sneeze or cough and others breathe in ...

The term whooping cough is a reference to the high-pitched “whoop” sound that some infected people make as they inhale after a coughing fit. "They don’t have time in between those coughs to ...

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Pertussis is known as whooping cough because of the high-pitched “whoop” sounds a person makes after inhaling at the end of a coughing fit. The coughing fits can last for weeks or even months ...