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Transcript: Analysis: Cases of pertussis, whooping cough, climb in the US
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RENEE MONTAGNE
Morning Edition (NPR)
08-30-2005
Analysis: Cases of pertussis, whooping cough, climb in the US
Host: RENEE MONTAGNE
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon
RENEE MONTAGNE, host:
There's another new vaccine that's aimed at older children and adults. It protects against a disease that most adults and their doctors think of as a threat to their young children: whooping cough. NPR's Richard Knox reports.
RICHARD KNOX reporting:
Classic whooping cough, known to doctors as pertussis, sounds like this.
(Soundbite of infant with pertussis)
KNOX: But these days, it's more likely to sound like this.
(Soundbite of adult with pertussis)
KNOX: That's Dr. Michael Pichichero of University of ...