2121

ID#:	2121
Description:	This Gram-stained photomicrograph depicts numbers of Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which is the etiologic pathogen for pertussis, also known as whooping cough. A highly-communicable, vaccine-preventable disease that lasts for many weeks, pertussis typically manifests in children with paroxysmal spasms of severe coughing, whooping, and post-tussive vomiting, also known as Bordet-Gengou bacillus.
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Content Providers(s):	CDC
Creation Date:	1979
Photo Credit:
Links:	CDC - National Center for Infectious Diseases - Pertussis CDC - Emerging Infectious Diseases - Adaptation of Bordetella pertussis to Vaccination: A Cause for Its Reemergence?
Categories:	CDC Organization MeSH Diseases Bacterial Infections and Mycoses Bacterial Infections Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections Bordetella Infections Whooping Cough Infection Respiratory Tract Infections Whooping Cough Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Tract Infections Whooping Cough
Copyright Restrictions:	None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions. As a matter of courtesy we request that the content provider be credited and notified in any public or private usage of this image.
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