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Infections > Respiratory Tract Infections > Whooping Cough
Respiratory Tract Diseases > Respiratory Tract Infections > Whooping Cough
... > Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Bacterial Infections > Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections > Bordetella Infections > Whooping Cough

Preferred term

Whooping Cough  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Related concepts

Entry terms

  • Bordetella pertussis Infection, Respiratory
  • Pertusses
  • Pertussis

Note

  • caused by Bordetella pertussis

Scope note

  • A respiratory infection caused by BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS and characterized by paroxysmal coughing ending in a prolonged crowing intake of breath.

In other languages

  • hinkuyskä

    Finnish

  • hinkuyskäepäily
  • kikhosta
  • määrittämätön hinkuyskä
  • ospecificerad kikhosta
  • pertussis
  • pertussis non specificata
  • Kikhosta

    Swedish

  • Pertussis

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014917

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