Children can cough several times before breathing, resulting in low oxygen levels and hospitalization. Hospitalization generally accuses when children contract this disease early in life, within the first six months, most deaths due to pertussis happen in young infants. Approximately 50 out of every 10,000 children younger than 1 year of age who develop pertussis die from the disease("Immunizations for Public Health – Pertussis (Whooping Cough)," 2015). Unlike other vaccine preventable diseases, pertussis continues to circulate in the population even though most people have received the recommended vaccination. Being one of the most contagious human
Children can cough several times before breathing, resulting in low oxygen levels and hospitalization. Hospitalization generally accuses when children contract this disease early in life, within the first six months, most deaths due to pertussis happen in young infants. Approximately 50 out of every 10,000 children younger than 1 year of age who develop pertussis die from the disease("Immunizations for Public Health – Pertussis (Whooping Cough)," 2015). Unlike other vaccine preventable diseases, pertussis continues to circulate in the population even though most people have received the recommended vaccination. Being one of the most contagious human