whooping cough

Teenagers should get enough or booster vaccines for hepatitis B, diphtheria - pertussis - tetanus, measles - mumps - rubella ...

Spring winter is a good time for developing infectious diseases, especially measles, rubella, flu, whooping cough.

There have been 5 patients died of pertussis. 80% of cases occur in children under 3 months of age due to no immunity from mother-to-child transmission. Should pregnant women be

Whooping cough (pertussis or whooping cough) is a highly contagious disease, caused by a bacterium called Bordetella pertussis.

Pertussis is often severe, easily fatal due to multiple infections. In the face of increased cases, the Ministry of Health has issued an official request to prevent this disease.

Nearly a month ago, Duc Hanh commune, Bao Lam district, Cao Bang province has 49 people with typical clinical symptoms of pertussis, 4 out of 18 samples tested positive for the

Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said: