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HUCOM/2023-2024 Whooping cough Microbiology Y2B6L1 An acute, highly communicable illness Characterized by paroxysms of violent coughi...

HUCOM/2023-2024 Whooping cough Microbiology Y2B6L1 An acute, highly communicable illness Characterized by paroxysms of violent coughing followed Learning objective: by a long, high-pitched inspiration, “whoop” Caused by Bordetella pertussis, a small, gram-negative - Identify the causative agent of whooping coccobacillus. cough B. pertussis is highly contagious and spreads from person to person, primarily by infected respiratory aerosols. It is primarily a disease of children

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