Whooping Cough Websites

Easy to understand information for patients on whooping cough including symptoms, causes, diagnosis, prevention and treatment.

Project performed in collaboration with Duncan Maskell and Andrew Preston of the Centre for Veterinary Science, Dept. of Clinical Veterinary medicine, The University of Cambridge. Currently involved in sequencing the 3.88 Mb genome of Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent of whooping cough.

Information for lay and professional people. Emphasis on how to diagnose it without lab tests. Download a sound file of typical whooping cough. Email the author for more information.

Articles on whooping cough or varicella: therapies and vaccination.

Doctor written consumer health information, includes causes, stages, symptoms, and treatments.

Lecture topics by Kenneth Todar of the University of Wisconsin Department of Bacteriology. With introduction, pathogenesis, colonization, the toxins, regulation of virulence factors, and vaccine.

Latest news stories on the disease.

Symptoms, potential complications, how it is spread, who gets it, treatment, and prevention. By the Seattle and King County.

Factsheet including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and complications.

Provides general information, signs and symptoms, and treatments. Includes a guide as to when to call a doctor.

Directory of articles, news, and factsheets.