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First Outbreaks
http://www.medicinenet.com/pertussis/article.htm The first outbreaks were described to have happened in the 16th century Early symptoms can last for 1 to 2 weeks and usually include: Runny nose
Low-grade fever (generally minimal throughout the course of the disease)
Mild, occasional cough
Apnea — a pause in breathing (in infants) Picture-http://www.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/slideshow/worst-outbreaks-in-history/Most_Shocking_Outbreaks_in_History.jpg) -
Isolated
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1082800/
Bordetella Pertussis (The bacteria that causes pertussis) has unknown origins, but in 1906 a Belgian doctor isolated it. http://media.historyofvaccines.org/images/000742_265.jpg -
Vaccine Created
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pertussis
Louis W. Sauer developed a vaccine for whooping cough at Evanston Hospital (Evanston, IL). Picture -http://media.cirrusmedia.com.au/PU_Media_Library/baby_gets_needle.jpg -
Pertussis became a nationally reportable disease
How To Treat Pertussishttp://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00038200.htm The infection is transferred through airborne droplets when an infected person coughs. Anyone who has not been vaccinated is highly likely to contract the disease just by spending time in the same room as an infected person. http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/whoopingcough.htm (picture) http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2761/2546/1600/coughing spray.jpg -
The highest number of pertussis-related deaths
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00038200.htm
(approximately 9000) occurred -
The highest number of pertussis cases
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First DTP Combination Vaccine Created
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pertussis
Pearl Kendrick combined the whole-cell pertussis vaccine with diphtheria and tetanus toxoids to generate the first DTP combination vaccine. -
Pertussis is controlled
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00038200.htm
The widespread use of whole-cell pertussis vaccines among infants since 1949 has resulted in the successful control of pertussis -
The incidence of reported pertussis declined
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00038200.htm
To a historical low of 1010 cases -
Coverage with three doses of DTP or DT has increased
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00038200.htm
Indicating progress toward the Childhood Immunization Initiative goal of 90% coverage -
Pertussis Genome Sequenced
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pertussis
The complete B. pertussis genome of 4,086,186 base pairs was sequenced. -
Ten infants in California died
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pertussis
Investigating the cases of the ten infant fatalities, it found that doctors had been misdiagnosing the infants' condition despite having seen infants on multiple visits. -
Decreased Deaths
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pertussis
Pertussis related Deaths-81,000 deaths,
down from 167,000 in 1990 -
Declared to be at epidemic levels
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pertussis
In the US state of Washington with 3,308 cases by December Picture -http://alumni.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/image/CalMap.jpg