Missouri NAACP State Conference Â· January 29 at 4:07pm Â· Civil Rights Attorney, Frankie Muse Freeman, is Honored on House Floor by State Rep. Steven Roberts
The first symptoms of whooping cough are similar to those of a common cold: 1  runny nose. 2  sneezing. 3  mild cough.  low-grade fever.
Name of the disease caused by the pathogen: Whooping cough. Symptoms of infection: Whooping cough has a very distinct pathophysiologic sequence comprised of three stages. The first stage (Catarrhal stage) consists of cold-like symptoms such as a runny nose, sneezing, mild cough, low-grade fever, and fatigue.