41. She also questioned whether the McCafferys had been paid to promote the whooping cough vaccine. 42. Cases of pertussis, or whooping cough , routinely numbered more than 100, 000 in the 1940s. 43. She suffered from the whooping cough in addition to measles with strong convulsions and eczema. 44. Four died with the whooping cough , all at once. 45. This family is also known as Ptx and contains the toxin responsible for whooping cough . 46. Pertussis ( whooping cough ) caused by Bordetella pertussis. 47. But in 10 years as a pediatrician, Thomas had never diagnosed a whooping cough case. 48. After she received a shot for diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough , she became seriously ill. 49. There are shortages of the childhood vaccines for diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and pneumococcal disease. 50. Jabez died of whooping cough at a young age.
