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FactSheet: Whooping cough (pertussis) Volume 11 Issue 11

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin 11(11) 193 - 193 Published: 2000

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Abstract

Whooping cough is a disease caused by infection with the bacteria Bordetella pertussis. Whooping cough occurs in people of all ages but is most serious (and can be fatal) in young children.