Tag: Pertussis
Whooping cough
Pertussis is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the lower respiratory tract, of long evolution, due to Bordetella pertussis.
Transmission occurs by inhaling droplets released...
Bordetella
HISTORY:
In 1900 Bordet described a Gram-negative bacilli such as whooping cough agent.
In 1906 Bordet and Gengou have managed to grow the bacillus on an...
Incubation in Infectious Diseases
1- 2-5j:
- Cholera
- Chancroid
- Herpes (2 to 7d)
- Diphtheria
- The best part of bacterial infections (scarlet fever ...)
2- 10 days:
- Measles
- Leptospirosis (6 12j).
-...
