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… Pertussis (whooping cough) Last updated October 1, 2014 HealthLink BC File … Vietnamese What is pertussis? Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a serious infection of the airways caused by … spread? Pertussis spreads easily when an infected person coughs, sneezes or has close contact with others. Sharing …
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… fifth disease? Many of the symptoms, including fever, rash, cough or runny nose, also occur in other illnesses. About a … A person with fifth disease can spread it to others by coughing or sneezing. Sometimes you can get the disease just … the next 4 to 20 days. If such symptoms occur, be sure to cough or sneeze into a tissue or your shirt sleeve rather …
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… is spread through the air by an infected person sneezing or coughing. It can also be spread through contact with the …
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… against 4 diseases: Tetanus Diphtheria Pertussis (whooping cough) Polio The vaccine is approved by Health Canada and is … bacteria are spread through the air by people sneezing or coughing and by direct skin-to-skin contact. The disease can … get diphtheria may die. Pertussis , also known as whooping cough, is a serious infection of the airways caused by …
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… against 5 diseases: Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis (whooping cough) Polio Haemophilus influenzae type b The vaccine is … bacteria are spread through the air by people sneezing or coughing or by direct skin-to-skin contact. The disease can … get diphtheria may die. Pertussis , also known as whooping cough, is a serious infection of the airways caused by …
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… disposing of used tissues in the waste basket or garbage Cough and sneezing into your shirt sleeve rather than your … Influenza spreads easily from person-to-person through coughing, sneezing or having face-to-face contact. The virus can also spread when you touch tiny droplets from a cough or sneeze on another person or object, and then touch …
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… and loss of limbs. Meningococcal infection spreads by coughing, sneezing or close face-to-face contact. It may … 3 diseases: Tetanus Diphtheria Pertussis (or whooping cough) The Tdap vaccine offered in grade 9 is a booster dose … The bacteria spread through the air when people sneeze or cough, or by direct skin-to-skin contact. The disease can …
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… protects against: Tetanus Diphtheria Pertussis (whooping cough) The vaccine is approved by Health Canada and is free … bacteria are spread through the air by people sneezing or coughing, and by direct skin-to-skin contact. The disease … get diphtheria may die. Pertussis , also known as whooping cough, is a serious infection of the airways caused by …
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… Have had severe oculo-respiratory syndrome (red eyes and a cough and/or sore throat and/or hoarseness) after getting an … muscle pain, runny nose, sore throat, extreme tiredness and cough. Symptoms can begin about 1 to 4 days, or an average … Fever and other symptoms usually last 7 to 10 days, but the cough and weakness may last 1 to 2 weeks longer. Although …
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… against 6 diseases: Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis (whooping cough) Hepatitis B (HB) Polio (IPV) Haemophilus influenzae … bacteria are spread through the air by people sneezing or coughing or by direct skin-to-skin contact. The disease can … who get tetanus may die. Pertussis , also known as whooping cough, is a serious infection of the airways caused by …
