Why is whooping cough considered an emerging infectious disease in California? W

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Why is whooping cough considered an emerging infectious disease in California? Which stage of Pertusis is infectious?

Read the selected scriptures and in your response to the prompt discuss how at least one of the scriptures relates to the discussion topic.

Matthew 8:14New International Version (NIV) PLEASE ANSWER ALL PARTS TO THE QUESTION INCLUDING HOW THE SCRIPTURE RELATES TO THE DISCUSSION TOPIC.... THANK YOU!!! THE SCRIPTURE IS BELOW

Jesus Heals Many

14 When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.

Explanation / Answer

Ans.) Whooping cough is an extremely infectious respiratory disease and caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. Its symptoms include aggressive coughing, sneezing, fever etc. In California it became epidemic and has affected many people and also results in untimely death of few new born. Commonly used therapy to cure this infection is vaccine waning which does not last for a lifetime. Antibiotics are also prescribed as the precautionary measure in severe infection.
The catarrhal period is the most infectious stage of whooping cough (the first two weeks after beginning of the cough).

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