ratio 2.85, 95% confidence interval 1.39 to 5.82),. Whooping cough, or pertussis, mainly affects infants and young children. whooping cough causes bouts of coughing. Each bout may last for two or three minutes - often the face gets very red and there is vomiting after coughing. Pertussis (whooping cough) is a serious, sometimes fatal, respiratory infection caused by the bacterium, Bordetella pertussis. This fact sheet covers: the. Lecture topics by Kenneth Create-A-Bed murphy Todar of the University of Wisconsin Department of Bacteriology. With introduction, pathogenesis, colonization,

the toxins,. Whooping cough in a recognizable form evolves over a period of 2 weeks. It usually starts as a sore throat with a mild feeling of tiredness and being unwell. Lecture topics by

Kenneth Todar of the University Public Litchfield of