Early signs of whooping cough in adults look very much like a common cold, Dr. Loafman says. For the first week or so of ...

Examples of toxins of biological origin include Diphtheria Toxin, Tetrodotoxin, Pertussis Toxin, Botulinium Toxin, Snake Venom Toxins, Conotoxin and Ricin. Although toxins are derived from biological ...

B. pertussis invades the airways, latching onto small, hairlike extensions on the surfaces of cells and releasing toxins.

Still, Pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough, has now been added to the list of diseases for which precautions should be taken this winter. According to state health officials ...

That marks the most fatalities from the bacterial infection since a 2017 surge of the illness, which is also known as pertussis. Over the last month, pertussis infections have been rising again.

Pertussis spreads through airborne droplets ... After two weeks of incubation, bacteria collect inside the trachea and release toxins that irritate and inflame the airways. This causes ...

The toxin would work as a vaccine now ... This other vaccine inoculates against pertussis. The vaccine for diphtheria—also a toxoid vaccine—is also often added to the tetanus/pertussis ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Mobile County Health Department is working to prevent the spread of pertussis, commonly called whooping cough. MCHD officials say 12 cases have already been reported so ...

Pertussis, or whooping cough, has been reported in the St. Paul Public School District, with at least one case confirmed as of Saturday, according to an email sent by the district to families.

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A South Dakota child has died following a dual infection of pertussis and influenza, says the South Dakota Department of Health. The death reported Friday marks the state's first pertussis-related ...