Whooping cough

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis or the 100-day cough, is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable bacterial disease. Initial symptoms are usually similar to those of the common cold with... Wikipedia

• Specialty:  Infectious disease
• Symptoms:  Runny nose, fever, cough
• Duration:  ~ 3 months
• Causes:  Bordetella pertussis (spread through the air)
• Diagnostic method:  Nasopharyngeal swab
• Prevention:  Pertussis vaccine
• Treatment:  Antibiotics (if started early)
• Frequency:  16.3 million (2015)
• Deaths:  58,700 (2015)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo