What is Whooping Cough?
What is Whooping Cough?
- Whooping Cough: An infectious condition caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis.
- Whooping Cough: A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that is the causative agent of WHOOPING COUGH. Its cells are minute coccobacilli that are surrounded by a slime sheath.
Source - Diseases Database
- Whooping Cough: a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Whooping Cough is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Whooping Cough, or a subtype of Whooping Cough,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Whooping Cough as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Whooping Cough: Introduction
Types of Whooping Cough:
Broader types of Whooping Cough:
How many people get Whooping Cough?
Incidence (annual) of Whooping Cough: 7,405 cases annually in USA (1998); under-diagnosis of cases in adults means the real prevalence may be much higher
Incidence Rate of Whooping Cough: approx 1 in 36,731 or 0.00% or 7,405 people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Whooping Cough:
In the United
States, 5000-7000 cases are reported each year. Incidence
of pertussis has increased steadily since the 1980s. The highest
incidence since 1967 (2.9/100,000) was reported in 1996, when
7796 cases of pertussis were reported. (Source: excerpt from Pertussis: DBMD)
Who gets Whooping Cough?
Patient Profile for Whooping Cough: Typically infants and children, but more recently many teens, adults and elderly have pertussis (often undiagnosed).
How serious is Whooping Cough?
Complications of Whooping Cough:
see complications of Whooping Cough
Deaths for Whooping Cough: 17 people died annually from whooping cough in the US 2001 (Deaths: Final Data for 2001, NCHS, 2001)
What causes Whooping Cough?
Causes of Whooping Cough: see causes of Whooping Cough
Causes of Whooping Cough: Occurs through direct contact with
discharges from respiratory mucous membranes of infected persons.
(Source: excerpt from Pertussis: DBMD)
Risk factors for Whooping Cough:
see
risk factors for Whooping Cough
What are the symptoms of Whooping Cough?
Symptoms of Whooping Cough:
see symptoms of Whooping Cough
Complications of Whooping Cough:
see complications of Whooping Cough
Incubation period for Whooping Cough: 7 to 21 days
Duration of Whooping Cough: Typically about 7 weeks; has been called the "100-day cough" because it can last 100 days.
Can anyone else get Whooping Cough?
More information:
see contagiousness of Whooping Cough
Whooping Cough: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Whooping Cough.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Whooping Cough.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Whooping Cough:
see treatments for Whooping Cough
Prevention of Whooping Cough:
see prevention of Whooping Cough
Research for Whooping Cough:
see research for Whooping Cough
Society issues for Whooping Cough
Hospitalization statistics for Whooping Cough:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Whooping Cough:
- 0.0042% (531) of hospital consultant episodes were for whooping cough in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 97% of hospital consultant episodes for whooping cough required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 46% of hospital consultant episodes for whooping cough were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 54% of hospital consultant episodes for whooping cough were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- more statistics...»
Organs Affected by Whooping Cough:
Organs and body systems related to Whooping Cough include:
Name and Aliases of Whooping Cough
Main name of condition: Whooping Cough
Class of Condition for Whooping Cough: bacterial
Other names or spellings for Whooping Cough:
Pertussis, 100-day cough, Bordetella pertussis infection, respiratory
Bordetella pertussis
Source - Diseases Database
Whooping cough, Pertussis
Source - WordNet 2.1
Bordetella pertussis infection, respiratory
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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