Symptoms - Sore throat, fever and pharyngitis or tonsillitis. Treatment - Penicillin and erythromycin. DTP - Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis. It is a gram negative, aerobic, non motile coccobacilli, with pili and is very fastidious. It is pathogenic especially to he young.
Humans are the only reservoir and transmission is by respiratory droplets.
There are three symptomatic stages. Catarrhal - Conjunctivitis, watery eyes, sneezing, cough and a low fever. Paroxysmal - The most contagious stage with severe coughing,mucoid secretion, typical whooping and fever. Convalescence - Mild cough periodically. Whooping cough is self limiting but drugs lessen its communicability.