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This a disease and it was never invented. Outbreaks of the disease were first described in the 16th century. The bacteria that causes the infection was discovered in 1906. The vaccine became available in the 1940's.
B. pertussis is a small, aerobic gram-negative bacterial shaped rod.

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Outbreaks of the disease were first described in the 16th century. The bacteria that causes the infection was discovered in 1906.
The vaccine became available in the 1940s.
B. pertussis is a small, aerobic gram-negative bacterial shaped rod.
The bacteria attach to the cilia of the respiratory epithelial cells, produce toxins that paralyze the cilia, and cause inflammation of the respiratory tract.Kendrick and Eldering are credited with the first effective vaccine.

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The first pertussis vaccine was developed in the 1930s and was in widespread use by the mid-1940s, when pertussis vaccine was combined with diphtheria and tetanus toxoids to make the combination DTP vac- cine.

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It was not invented. But the cause is B. pertussis and was discovered in 1906 by Jules Bordet and Octave Gengou.

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