Rising pertussis case numbers in Alaska prompt warnings and prevention recommendations
In Southeast Alaska, where seven cases have been reported since June, health officials issued recommendations for treatment and prevention of the highly contagious disease.
Bordetella pertussis, the bacteria that causes the disease pertussis, is show in this 2019 medical illustration based on microscopic images. This image, in a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publication on antibiotic resistance threats, shows a strain that has developed a resistance to drugs used to treat the disease. Pertussis cases are rising in Alaska and nationwide following a lull during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Image by Dan Higgins/Provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control…
