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Pertussis is also known as “whooping cough” because of the “whooping” sound that someone makes when gasping for air after a fit of coughing. Coughing fits due to pertussis infection can last for up to 10 weeks or more; some people know this disease as the “100 day cough.

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It's a bacterial infection, so it can be treated with antibiotics, usually erythromycin or a family of antibiotics like erythromycin. Erythromycin is taken for 2 weeks. If antibiotics are recommended, they should take all the doses and finish the recommended course.

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Besides a cough that sounds like "whoop", symptoms include a runny nose, nasal congestion and sneezing.

People may experience:

Cough: can be chronic or severe

Nasal: congestion, runny nose, or sneezing

Whole body: fatigue or fever

Also common: paroxysmal cough, episodes of no breathing, vomiting, or watery eyes

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It was first recognized in the Middle Ages and since then various epidemics have been described. Jules Bordet and Octave Gengou isolated Bordetella pertussis, a causative agent for whooping cough, in Paris more than 100 years ago, which created an excellent opportunity to invent a vaccine.

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Whooping cough (pertussis) is a highly contagious respiratory tract infection. In many people, it's marked by a severe hacking cough followed by a high-pitched intake of breath that sounds like "whoop." Before the vaccine was developed, whooping cough was considered a childhood disease.