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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Pertussis [Pdf]
This PDF document from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention contains detailed information about pertussis from several different angles. Information is provided on the clinical features, the complications, the incidence and the...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Vaccines and Immnunizations
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention site that covers just about anything you'd want to know about vaccines and immunizations, including vaccine recommendations, immunization schedules, vaccine safety, the importance of vaccines...
Textbook of Bacteriology
Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology: Bordetella Pertussis and Whooping Cough
This article focuses on the bacterium that causes whooping cough, Bordetella pertussis. It discusses how the bacterium effects the human body at it goes through various stages: colonization and the toxemic stage. Look at charts and...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
This article on children and whooping cough is organized into the following sections: "Pertussis (Whooping Cough)," "Prevention, When to Call Your Child's Doctor, and Professional Treatment," and "Home Treatment." Learn what makes the...
The College of Physicians
The History of Vaccines
Complete medical education project explores the role and uses of vaccines now and in the past. Find information and analysis about vaccination controversies; answers to frequent questions about vaccinations; timelines of diseases,...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind: Immune Platoon
This site gives a comic book style description of the immune system and the "super powers" it uses to fight infections and other diseases. The site ends with the "case files" of several diseases in their disease database.
Other
Ascorbic Acid: Treatment of Whooping Cough
Read an interesting medical study that investigates the effectiveness of Vitamin C "therapy" as a means to treat those sick with the whooping cough.
Other
Netdoctor: Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
Use this site to learn about the causes, symptoms, and treatment for whooping cough. Throughout this article, there are links to related information bacteria, complications and other diseases related to whooping cough. A section on the...
Other
Immunization Action Coalition: Vaccine Information: Pertussis
Comprehensive information about pertussis and the vaccine that prevents it. Contains a Q & A section, photos and videos, true case histories, and references to other resources.
Curated OER
Kids Health: The Woes of Whooping Cough
Intended for young readers, this simple article addresses the causes, symptoms, and treatments for whooping cough.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Nclex Rn Questions on Pertussis 2
This is a four-question quiz for NCLEX-RN on pertussis, more commonly know as Whooping Cough.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Nclex Rn Questions on Pertussis 1
This is a ten-question quiz to practice for NCLEX-RN on pertussis more commonly known as Whooping Cough.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Unit: Infectious Diseases
Introduction to a unit of lessons on the following infectious diseases: Tuberculosis, Pertussis, Influenza, Polio, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV and AIDS, Malaria.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Infectious Diseases Cards: Pertussis [Pdf]
Fact sheet on pertussis, or whooping cough, describes its symptoms as well as how it is contracted and how it is prevented.
Other
Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
This website offers an introduction to the bacterial infection pertussis which is also known as whooping cough. A majority of this article focuses on the whooping cough vaccine given to young children.
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Medinfo: Whooping Cough
This website defines whooping cough and briefly talks about the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.