COQUELUCHE: UMA INFECÇÃO BACTERIANA GRAVE E PREOCUPANTE PARA SAÚDE PÚBLICA NO BRASIL

Doi: 10.47094/ICOBRAMUES.2024/RE/20

PALAVRAS CHAVE: Coqueluche. Bordetella pertussis. Vacinação.

KEYWORDS: Whooping cough. Bordetella pertussis. Vaccination.

ABSTRACT:
INTRODUCTION
Whooping cough is a contagious bacterial infection that affects the trachea and bronchi, caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. Its main symptom and characteristic is a persistent and continuous cough. This disease can have several phases, starting with phlegm, runny nose, fever, cough; then, a continuous and dry cough, and finally, tired and prolonged breathing (Fiocruz, 2018).

Autores

• Clara Mariana Silva de Souza

• Francisco Gilberto de Souza Costa

• Francisco Tamyson Pereira da Costa

• Maria Janaína Silva Souza

• Yara Morais Silva