Hospitals and medical centers near Indiahoma: 1  AYERS NURSING HOME (Nursing Home, about 12 miles away; SNYDER, OK) 2  GREAT PLAINS HOSPITAL (Hospital, about 15 miles away; LAWTON, OK) 3  CRYSTAL POINTE CARE CENTER (Nursing Home, about 16 miles away; LAWTON, OK) 4  WOODLAND CARE CENTER (Nursing Home, about 16 miles away; LAWTON, OK)
Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory illness commonly referred to as whooping cough. It can be prevented with vaccines and treated with antibiotics, but the number of cases has risen over the last three decades, especially among previously immunized teenagers and adults.
It was discovered by Belgian immunologist, Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet and Octave Gengou, a Belgian bacteriologist. They both together worked on Bordetella pertussis bacteria and claimed that it is a cause of whooping cough.The first whooping cough vaccine was produced in 1912 by Octave Gengou.hooping cough or Pertussis is a dangerous impartible bacterial disease. It is caused by âBordetella pertussisâ bacteria. It causes satirical and furious cough.