Provide Guidance on Pertussis Prevention and Treatment
July 2024
You’ll get questions about pertussis now that there’s an uptick in cases across several Canadian provinces and abroad.
Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a respiratory infection spread through air droplets caused by Bordetella pertussis bacteria.
Initial symptoms usually include fever and mild cough...but severe coughing then develops over several weeks. Young kids may also develop a characteristic “whooping” sound when coughing.
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