Examples of pertussis in a Sentence
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For this reason, health officials suggest pregnant women get a pertussis vaccine in their third trimester.
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Julia Daye, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
Testing for pertussis is available through a physician’s office — either by an evaluation or through a nasal swab test.
—Keri Brenner, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
In Suffolk County, located on New York's Long Island, cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, have been increasing.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2024
For example, the first vaccines against pertussis in the 1940s used inactivated bacteria.
—Verywell Health, 22 Feb. 2023
Global issue The disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis is transmitted through respiratory droplets.
—Bloomberg News, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
The infected droplets contain the Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which can cause symptoms of pertussis in five to 21 days.
—Keri Brenner, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
This is the first year that four vaccines are being recommended during pregnancy, to protect against the flu, Covid, pertussis (also called whooping cough) and the respiratory virus RSV.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2023
At least 100 reports of the highly contagious respiratory bacterial infection, also known as pertussis, have been received in the area since November 28, health officials told ABC News.
—Emilee Coblentz, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2024
Julia Daye, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
Testing for pertussis is available through a physician’s office — either by an evaluation or through a nasal swab test.
—Keri Brenner, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
In Suffolk County, located on New York's Long Island, cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, have been increasing.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2024
For example, the first vaccines against pertussis in the 1940s used inactivated bacteria.
—Verywell Health, 22 Feb. 2023
Global issue The disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis is transmitted through respiratory droplets.
—Bloomberg News, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
The infected droplets contain the Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which can cause symptoms of pertussis in five to 21 days.
—Keri Brenner, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
This is the first year that four vaccines are being recommended during pregnancy, to protect against the flu, Covid, pertussis (also called whooping cough) and the respiratory virus RSV.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2023
At least 100 reports of the highly contagious respiratory bacterial infection, also known as pertussis, have been received in the area since November 28, health officials told ABC News.
—Emilee Coblentz, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2024
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pertussis
noun
per·tus·sis
pər-ˈtəs-əs 
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pertussis
noun
per·tus·sis
pər-ˈtəs-əs
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