Whooping cough
Whooping cough is an acute anthropozoonotic infectious disease transmitted by the airborne droplet route and characterized by a prolonged, distinctive spasmodic cough accompanied by signs of intoxication and damage to the respiratory, cardiovascular, and nervous systems.
The causative agent of whooping cough is B. pertussis. The whooping cough microbe has several serotypes that differ in their degree of pathogenicity.
The source of infection is only a person suffering from whooping cough. Transmission of the infectious agent occurs through the air via the smallest droplets of mucus released by the patient during forced exhalation (loud speech, crying, coughing, sneezing). The most intense transmission of infection occurs during coughing.
Source: Order of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Russia dated April 30, 2003 No. 84 "On Implementation of Sanitary-Epidemiological Rules SP 3.1.2.1320-03" (together with "SP 3.1.2.1320-03. 3.1. Prevention of Infectious Diseases. Prevention of Pertussis Infection. Sanitary-Epidemiological Rules", approved by the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Russia on April 27, 2003) (Registered by the Ministry of Justice of Russia May 20, 2003 No. 4577)