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Nov 5, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Helen Y. Chu |Collrane Frivold

Whooping cough typically starts with the sniffles, a cough, a runny nose and maybe a low-grade fever, but it can rapidly progress to coughing fits so severe that they make you throw up. The infection is caused by the highly contagious bacterium Bordetella pertussis. It is called whooping cough because of the whooping sound that children make as they struggle to breathe. And it can be deadly, particularly in very young infants and older adults. Fortunately, there is a safe, effective vaccine.

Dec 6, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Denise J. McCulloch |Emily Martin |Collrane Frivold |Seda Ekici

1 BACKGROUND Respiratory infections are considered common during pregnancy.1, 2 For instance, a cross-sectional study of pregnant outpatients in the United States identified acute lower respiratory tract illness among 36% of pregnant participants with acute respiratory illness (ARI) symptoms (29/81).1 Pregnancy is also a potential risk factor for adverse outcomes following ARI including increased maternal morbidity/mortality3-6 and adverse perinatal outcomes,3, 5-7 which have been reported...