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What is it like to have whooping cough as a child or adult? details please?
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Pertussis: The CDC covers this very well. Adults get a much more mild infection. That is why immunization is so very important, for infants. The adult with pertussis may think they only have a cold. New recommendations, also, are for adults to be immunized for pertussis, when they get their tetanus booster. http://www.cdc.gov/pertussis/
Answered 7/5/2014
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