Microbiology: A Systems Approach
Microbiology: A Systems Approach
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781259706615
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The individuals suffering from pertussis often develop secondary infections during the convalescent phase of the disease and discuss aspects of today’s protective vaccine against B. pertussis.

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“Pertussis” is called as a whooping cough. It is a coccobacillus bacterium which causes infection inside the human body. They are gram-negative bacteria. The lining of respiratory epithelial cells gets destroyed and damaged.

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