- but
symptoms are
typically milder. The
bacterium Bordetella pertussis causes pertussis,
which is
spread easily through the
coughs and
sneezes of an infected...
- toxoids, and
either killed whole cells of the
bacterium that
causes pertussis or
pertussis antigens. The term
toxoid refers to
vaccines which use an inactivated...
-
pertussis is a Gram-negative, aerobic, pathogenic,
encapsulated coccobacillus bacterium of the
genus Bordetella, and the
causative agent of
pertussis...
-
Pertussis vaccine is a
vaccine that
protects against whooping cough (
pertussis).
There are two main types: whole-cell
vaccines and
acellular vaccines....
-
Pertussis toxin (PT) is a protein-based AB5-type
exotoxin produced by the
bacterium Bordetella pertussis,
which causes whooping cough. PT is
involved in...
-
against diphtheria,
pertussis, and tet****. This
acellular vaccine is
safer than the
previously used DTP with
whole inactivated pertussis (now retroactively...
-
described (B.
pertussis, B. parapertussis, B. bronchiseptica) are
sometimes referred to as the 'classical species'. Two of
these (B.
pertussis and B. bronchiseptica)...
- the
mammalian respiratory tract.
Pertussis caused by B.
parapertussis manifests with
similar symptoms to B.
pertussis-derived disease, but in
general tends...
- to the children's
vaccine that
protects against diphtheria, tet****,
pertussis, poliomyelitis,
haemophilus B, and
hepatitis B,
which is used in more...
-
rarely infects humans.
Closely related to B.
pertussis—the
obligate human pathogen that
causes pertussis (whooping cough); B.
bronchiseptica can persist...
