Transcript: Analysis: Cases of pertussis, whooping cough, climb in the US

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 ...

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