Synonyms for pertussis
pərˈtʌs ɪsper·tus·sis

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1. whooping cough, pertussisnoun

   a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane

   Synonyms:
   whooping cough

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1. • Infectious Disease
   • Respiratory Disease

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1. List of paraphrases for "pertussis":

   cough

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1. Bonnie Maldonado:

   Pertussis can affect anybody at any age, but the risk is highest for severe symptoms and complications for young babies because of their small airways, we need to make sure that infants at high risk are protected until their vaccinations are complete.

2. James Watt:

   Even when we're not having an epidemic, pertussis is always there, it's always circulating, which means that people are always at risk for pertussis, and particularly, we're concerned about young infants, who have the most severe disease.

3. James Watt:

   Young infants can have very severe disease from pertussis, as this case tragically illustrates, and they can even die.

4. Tom Talbot:

   Given the rise in measles cases in the U.S. and the risk of transmission in healthcare facilities, the problems with pertussis, and the decreasing rate of immunization of health care workers against hepatitis B, this expansion is essential.

5. Anthony Fauci:

   We're watching very closely to see if there's any suggestion of any increasing trend in pertussis.