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Guidance on public health strategies to prevent pertussis infection. Surveillance CDC tracks pertussis cases through a national system and enhanced surveillance activities.
- About Pertussis
Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a very...
- About Pertussis
24 Σεπ 2024 · CDC recommends whooping cough (pertussis) vaccination for babies, children, preteens, pregnant women, and adults. Talk to your or your child's healthcare or vaccine provider if you have questions about whooping cough vaccines.
26 Ιουν 2024 · Key points. CDC recommends whooping cough (pertussis) vaccination for everyone. Whooping cough vaccines are the best way to protect against whooping cough. These vaccines work well, but protection fades over time. Talk to a vaccine provider if you have questions about whooping cough vaccines.
24 Σεπ 2024 · CDC recommends pertussis vaccines for infants and children, adolescents, and people who are pregnant. CDC also recommends a dose of pertussis vaccine for adults who didn't receive one either as an adolescent or adult.
Whooping Cough and the Vaccine (Shot) to Prevent It. Last updated April 2017. The best way to protect against whooping cough (pertussis) is by getting the diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis shot (called DTaP). Doctors recommend that all children get the vaccine.
Whooping cough—or pertussis—is a very serious respiratory (in the lungs and breathing tubes) infection caused by the pertussis bacteria. It causes violent coughing you can’t stop. Whooping cough is most harmful for young babies and can be deadly. The DTaP vaccine protects against whooping cough.
Whooping cough is a serious disease that vaccines can help prevent. It was thought to be a disease of the past, but it’s making a comeback, with the most cases CDC has seen in 60 years. Since 2010, between 10,000 and 50,000 cases of whooping cough are reported each year in the United States.
