Some areas of the U.S. –and overseas – are seeing an uptick in whooping cough (pertussis) instances – together with in components of Wisconsin.
Whooping cough is an infectious respiratory sickness attributable to Bordetella pertussis micro organism. It spreads via the air when an contaminated individual coughs or sneezes.
"This is an infection that causes quite a significant cough," says Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious ailments skilled with the Mayo Clinic Children’s Center. "It can start like a cold with some runny nose, which then turns into a cough."
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