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pertussis

[ UK /pətˈʌsɪs/ ]
[ US /pɝˈtəsɪs/ ]
NOUN
  1. a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane

How To Use pertussis In A Sentence

  • Coupled with recent outbreaks of measles and mumps and ongoing challenges to control pertussis, this outbreak is concerning because it suggests that in some areas, where not enough people are being immunized, the diseases are threatening a comeback. Haemophilus Influenzae Type b (Hib)
  • Many children succumb to diarrhea, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, measles and malnutrition.
  • We have a sort of little image there of what vaccinations your child should be getting: measles, mump and rubella; diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis; and the polio vaccine. CNN Transcript Aug 28, 2004
  • Of the reported cases this year, six people did not know whether they had ever received a pertussis vaccine, nine people had never received one, 13 were current with their vaccinations and 10 people were under-immunized, meaning they received a dose as an infant but never followed up with a booster shot. The News Tribune - Tacoma - - HOMEPAGE
  • - Adsorbed vaccine (diphtheric and tetanic toxoid and killed bacterial vaccine against pertussis), ampoule with ready to use solution. Chapter 4
  • Possible reactions to immunisation against diphtheria and tetanus and pertussis include fever, vomiting, and listlessness.
  • Always the playful neologist (pertussion is his coinage from the technical term for whooping cough, pertussis), Wallace has lately become a professor of literature.
  • Therefore, the anthrax vaccine is made in a manner similar to the "acellular" pertussis vaccine. Anthrax Vaccine
  • It provides immunity to polio, as well as diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and Hib.
  • Always the playful neologist (pertussion is his coinage from the technical term for whooping cough, pertussis), Wallace has lately become a professor of literature.
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