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…It is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by the pertussis bacterium, and is one of the notifiable infectious diseases. It is said that once you have been infected, you will have lifelong immunity. Bordetella pertussis is a small bacillus (1.0-1.5μm x 0.3-0.5μm) that was isolated from a patient by J. Bordet and O. Gengou in 1906, and is gram-negative. The pathogen enters the body through droplet infection, that is, by being exposed to the patient's cough. The incubation period is 7-14 days. After the onset of the disease, symptoms are similar to those of a common cold, such as coughing for 1-2 weeks, mild fever and runny nose for 2-3 days, but there is often no fever (catarrhal stage). …

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…百日咳菌によって起こる急性の呼吸器伝染病で，届出伝染病の一つ。一度かかると終生免疫をうるといわれる。百日咳菌Bordetella pertussisは1906年ボルデーJ.BordetとジャングーO.Gengouによって患者から分離された小杆菌(1.0～1.5μm×0.3～0.5μm)で，グラム陰性。病原菌の侵入は飛沫感染，すなわち患者の咳をあびることによる。潜伏期は7～14日。発症してから1～2週間は咳，2～3日間の軽度の発熱や鼻汁など，一般の感冒のような症状であるが，熱のないことが多い(カタル期)。…

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