How to Use pertussis in a Sentence

pertussis

noun

• The first pertussis vaccine was licensed in 1914 in the U.S.
  — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
• And the more doses of the acellular vaccine, the higher the pertussis risk.
  — Carrie Arnold, Discover Magazine, 23 May 2013
• Texas health data shows a steady uptick in diseases such as pertussis and mumps in recent years.
  — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2017
• Illnesses like the flu, the common cold, and pertussis (whooping cough) are thought to mainly spread this way.
  — Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF, 13 Feb. 2019
• Here’s what to know about pertussis and how to keep yourself and your family safe from the infection.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2024
• That was the case when a whooping cough, or pertussis, vaccine was introduced in the early 1950s.
  — Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2021
• Whooping cough, or pertussis, is spread through droplets.
  — Lynne Terry, OregonLive.com, 8 June 2017
• At first, pertussis can seem like the common cold, causing symptoms like a runny or stuffy nose, red, watery eyes, a fever, and a cough.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 7 Apr. 2018
• Whooping cough, also called pertussis, spreads through coughs and sneezes.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 24 Nov. 2019
• Babies should begin their first round of pertussis vaccines at 2 months, with follow-up shots at 4 and 6 months, according to the CDC.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2024
• Tdap, which stands for tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis.
  — Laura Dorwart, Health.com, 11 Oct. 2019
• Since the early 1980s, pertussis cases have steadily risen, but in the past few decades, cases have surged noticeably.
  — Erin Stone, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 June 2018
• They can also be given to at-risk close contacts of pertussis cases to prevent them from getting sick.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2024
• Since then, however, in parts of Africa and Asia, cases of cholera, diphtheria, and pertussis have risen, and a resurgence of measles and polio has caused greater concern.
  — Michael Specter, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2020
• The pertussis vaccine, which is required for almost all children in U.S. public schools, is also made this way.
  — Hilda Bastian, The Atlantic, 24 June 2021
• Meanwhile, your baby should receive their first pertussis vaccine at 2 months of age.
  — Evan Forster, Parents, 17 June 2024
• Signs and Symptoms Whooping cough symptoms vary based on your age and whether you have been vaccinated against pertussis.
  — Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 7 July 2024
• In terms of prevention, the best way to avoid contracting whooping cough, or pertussis, is to get vaccinated for it.
  — Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 29 July 2024
• Some require even more -- children get five doses of the DTaP vaccine, which protects them against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis.
  — John Bonifield, Elizabeth Cohen and Dana Vigue, CNN, 30 Aug. 2020
• Beginning in the mid-1990s, the U.S. began using a new pertussis vaccine that showed fewer side effects.
  — Carrie Arnold, Discover Magazine, 23 May 2013
• The technique has been used for years in vaccines against hepatitis B, pertussis (whooping cough) and other diseases.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 1 Feb. 2022
• In terms of prevention, the best way to avoid contracting whooping cough, or pertussis, is to get vaccinated.
  — Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2024
• Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (Tdap), as well as an annual flu shot, are recommended by the agency for teens and adults.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 9 June 2021
• This is the tetanus vaccine, combined with vaccines for diphtheria and pertussis, also known as whooping cough.
  — Alix Boyle, courant.com, 16 Sep. 2019
• The pertussis formulation, known as whole-cell, was replaced in the 1990s with acellular versions contained in the current DTaP and Tdap vaccines.
  — New York Times, 18 June 2019
• Outbreaks of certain preventable and highly contagious diseases like measles and pertussis (whooping cough) are on the rise.
  — Natasha Lavender, SELF, 26 Aug. 2019
• For example, the Tdap shot, which covers tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis, is something adults should receive every five to 10 years.
  — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 23 Sep. 2021
• This process, designed to limit the spread of a contagious disease like pertussis, for example, is normal work for the health department.
  — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2020
• This year’s spike in cases marks a return to pre-pandemic levels of this infection, which is also called pertussis.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
• It is known that the RSV vaccine can suppress the response to other vaccines, when they are given together — for instance the pertussis component of Tdap, or flu shots.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 21 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 8 Dec 2024