Multiple choice

Which among the following bacterial diseases is also known as whooping cough?

  1. Meningococcal meningitis

  2. Pertussis

  3. Inhalation anthrax

  4. Typhoid fever
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Explanation

Pertussis or whooping cough is a respiratory infection caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. The illness frequently begins with cold-like symptoms but evolves into a severe cough in roughly seven to 14 days. Pneumonia and infection of the brain may develop as complications of whooping cough.

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