In an unusual new study involving thousands of bacterial sequences across five continents, scientists have tracked Bordetella pertussis—the bacteria that cause whooping cough—covering the pathogen’s evolution and spread worldwide since 1935.
Whooping cough bacteria: Tracking the pathogen’s spread from the Great Depression to the present
In an unusual new study involving thousands of bacterial sequences across five continents, scientists have tracked Bordetella pertussis—the bacteria that cause whooping cough—covering the pathogen's evolution and spread worldwide since 1935.