PERTUSSIS

• Pertussis


  Whooping Cough
• Etiologic Agents


  Haemophilus pertussis<|>Bordet Gengou bacillus<|>Bordetella pertussis
• Incubation Period


  1. 10 days but may occasionally be up to 3 weeks
• Period of Communicability


  Seven days after exposure to three weeks after typical paroxysms