Bordetella pertussis
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Description: Britten Wolf provides information on this bacillus, the causal agent of Whooping Cough, and on the disease itself.
) is a small, coccobacillus. Coccobacillus are rod-shaped bacteria. Cocco comes from "cocci" meaning spherical shaped and bacillus comes from "bacilli" meaning elongated. , like most pathogenic bacteria, is Gram-negative. Gram-negative bacteria contain a lipopolysaccharide (LPS) layer. The LPS triggers the body's immune response. The immune system senses a cytokine reaction, which is toxic to the body. Because of this, the body initiates the inflammation of the tissues and blood vessels.
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| NS | Name Servers: NS1.UWLAX.EDU 138.49.65.201 DNS.UW-MAD.WISCNET.NET |
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| Date | activated: 31-Jan-1990 last updated: 10-Jul-2012 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |