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I suspected I had pertussis but found it impossible to find audio clips of adults coughing. There are plenty of clips of babies and young children with pertussis on YouTube and elsewhere. Most rely on verbal descriptions of the cough and whoop, which is a shame, as the audio is immediately identifiable. I still don't know if I have whooping cough! Can one of the medical contributors to this page also include some sample audio clips of people at different ages coughing and whooping? Hedley 03:48, 17 October 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hfinger (talk • contribs)

The article says, "Infection with pertussis induces temporary natural immunity, but like the vaccine does not confer a lasting protective immunity.[13]" Actual duration of both vaccine and natural immunity should be expressed here. According to this journal article, natural immunity lasts form 7-10, to even 20, years in people who acquire Pertussis through infection. The duration of immunity from vaccine is much lower, according to the journal article, at 4 to 12 years. Natural immunity appears stronger than vaccination. Link to journal article: http://journals.lww.com/pidj/Fulltext/2005/05001/Duration_of_Immunity_Against_Pertussis_After.11.aspx

"All About Whooping Cough" http://www.mydr.com.au/default.asp?Article=2340 has some more detail about each stage and a slightly clearer description (easy to understand) of the symptoms at each stage.

I recently heard there was an outbreak of whooping cough in Iowa City sometime in the last year or so. Does anyone have a source on the prevalence of outbreaks in the Western world? -- Wechselstrom 07:53, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

--I had pertussis towards the middle of 2005, I live in San Diego. The doctor said that there were over 300 cases in San Diego in and 2000 in San Diego. I googled this and found it to be correct: [1] Amplus Quem 17:31, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

I've noticed for the past few weeks that I and about half the people I know have a really bad, rattling cough... didn't think much of it until I read this article in the Boston Globe about an an outbreak in a hosptial nearby. Not to say that we've all got pertussis, but it's something to think about. According to the article, "So far this year, 780 cases of whooping cough, known as pertussis, have been reported in Massachusetts, said Donna Rheaume, spokeswoman for the state Department of Public Health." I guess it's not as rare as people think, but I don't have any real statistics on it (aside from that one). -- Dirk Gently 17:21, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

"However, in the fall of 2006, New Trier High School suffered a large pertussis outbreak with thirteen students falling victim to the virus. [1]" - I think this doesn't belong here. For starters, pertussis is not caused by a virus. Also, an outbreak of 13 cases in a high school of 4000 students is not that large. Outbreaks in middle and high schools are not uncommon. I would suggest a more general statement about outbreaks in adolescents or one about outbreaks in intitutions (schools, hospitals, etc). A reference to that outbreak could be used as an example, although a reference from a published scientific article might be more appropriate. Hunterkb 01:51, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

I think maybe an outbreak section would be appropriate. Specific outbreaks probably don't belong in the introductory paragraph. Also, I edited the information about New Trier: I couldn't find a source for "some thousand" students vaccinated (the latest article I found said ~200, but it only mentioned the first day). Hunterkb 19:56, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

These figures need a citation:

• "There are 30–50 million cases per year, and about 300,000 deaths per year"
• " Ninety percent of all cases occur in developing countries"

This statement could use a more precise statistic:

• "Most deaths occur in children under one year of age"

Mystic eye 23:44, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

I agree. The statement "30-50 million cases per year" isn't supported by any evidence I can find on the World Health Organization web site. The best I can do is 152,535 reported cases and 294,000 deaths (source here). Also, the uncited statement that "Most deaths occur in young toddlers" doesn't mesh with my understanding of pertussis.

Mmoople (talk) 04:37, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

I think it says on CDC that infants <6 months are at the highest risk because their vaccinations haven't started yet, but I'm not sure they qualify as young toddlers WillWritesWiki (talk) 15:37, 7 January 2010 (UTC)