Lecture 5 - Whooping Cough
Lecture 5 - Whooping Cough
Lecture 5 - Whooping Cough
Semester six
Communicable disease
Lecture four
By buruj
Whooping couph
Contents of pertusis
Introduction
Brief history
Definition
Epidemiology of determinant
Mode transmission
Incubation
Clinical features and symptoms
Complications
Risk group
Diagnosis
Treatment
Prevention and control
Pertusis (whooping couph
Whooping cough, or pertussis, mainly affects
infants and young children.
Caused by a bacterium, it is characterized by
weeks
What are the symptoms
The disease usually takes one to three weeks
to incubate, with the child usually passing
through three stages.
The following are the most common