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1.Whooping Cough (Encarta)
Definition and details about Whooping Cough from Encarta.
URL:http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=022D6000&newguid=AFF96F21FA1A46B1AF019C699BB1312A
2.HoustonChronicle.com : Immunization - Pertussis
General information, timetable for the vaccines, and procedures in vaccination by Dr. Allan Bruckheim, a Tribune Media Services syndicated columnist.
URL:http://houston.webpoint.com/health/pertussi.htm
3.OnHealth with WebMD
General information about whooping cough and vaccination.
URL:http://my.webmd.com/encyclopedia/article/3609.4804
4.ASTDHPPHE
Questions and answers on pertussis by the Association of State and Territorial Directors of Health Promotion and Public Health Education.
URL:http://www.astdhpphe.org/infect/per.html
5.Bordetella Pertussis and Whooping Cough
Lecture topics by Kenneth Todar of the University of Wisconsin Department of Bacteriology. With introduction, pathogenesis, colonization, the toxins, regulation of virulence factors, and vaccine.
URL:http://www.bact.wisc.edu/Bact330/lecturebpertussis
6.Calgary Regional Health Authority.
Complications, symptoms, when to call the doctor, prevention and vaccines for whooping cough.
URL:http://www.crha-health.ab.ca/hlthconn/items/whooping.htm
7.Dr. Reddy's Pediatric Office on the Web
Cause, treatment, and information on thimerosal and whooping cough vaccines.
URL:http://www.drreddy.com/shots/whoop.html
8.DrugBase of South Africa
Etiology, epidemiology, symptoms, signs, diagnosis, prognosis, complications, prophylaxis, and treatment for pertussis, also known as whooping cough.
URL:http://www.drugbase.co.za/data/med_info/wcough.htm
9.Guidelines for the Control of Pertussis in Australia
Synopsis of the communicable diseases intelligence technical report series number 1 endorsed by the Communicable Diseases Network of Australia and New Zealand.
URL:http://www.health.gov.au/pubhlth/strateg/communic/tech/pertus.htm
10.Pediatric Database - Pertussis
Definition, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, investigations, and management.
URL:http://www.icondata.com/health/pedbase/files/PERTUSSI.htm
11.Immunization Action Coalition
Photograph of child suffering from whooping cough which may be used for displays, brochures, posters, color prints, and presentations.
URL:http://www.immunize.org/images/ca.d/ipcd1861/img0007.htm
12.First Acellular Pertussis Vaccine Approved For Infants
Article about the Food and Drug Administration's announcement on licensing the first acellular pertussis vaccine for use in infants and children two months of age and older for the primary series of immunizations. [Kidsource.com]
URL:http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/news/infant_vaccine8_1_96.html
13.Lowell General Hospital
General information about perutissis.
URL:http://www.lowellgeneral.org/text/Pertussis.html
14.Medinfo
Easy to understand information for patients on whooping cough including symptoms, causes, diagnosis, prevention and treatment.
URL:http://www.medinfo.co.uk/conditions/whoopingcough.html
15.Pertussis Fact Sheet
Symptoms, potential complications, how it is spread, who gets it, treatment, and prevention. By the Seattle and King County.
URL:http://www.metrokc.gov/health/prevcont/pertuss.htm
16.Adam.com - Pertussis
Definition, causes, incidence, risk factors, and immunization information for whooping cough.
URL:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001561.htm
17.Whooping Cough Hub
A brief definition, followed by links to research articles, overviews, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
URL:http://www.projectlinks.org/whooping
18.Sanger Centre : Bordetella Pertussis
Project performed in collaboration with Duncan Maskell and Andrew Preston of the Centre for Veterinary Science, Dept. of Clinical Veterinary medicine, The University of Cambridge. Currently involved in sequencing the 3.88 Mb genome of Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent of whooping cough.
URL:http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Projects/B_pertussis/
19.Spokane Regional Health District
Questions and answers about pertussis in children and adults.
URL:http://www.spokanecounty.org/health/CA/epi/Pertussis/common-questions.htm
20.WHALE
Articles on whooping cough or varicella: therapies and vaccination.
URL:http://www.whale.to/vaccines/whooping.htm
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