The disease 'Pertussis' is more commonly known as what?
Pertussis vaccine Pertussis vaccine Pertussis vaccine is a vaccine that protects against whooping cough (pertussis). There are two main types: whole-cell vaccines and acellular vaccines. The whole-cell vaccine is about 78% effective while the acellular vaccine is 71–85% effective. The effectiveness of the vaccines appears to decrease by between 2 and 10% per year after vaccination with a more rapid decrease with the acellular vaccines. Vaccinating the mother during pregnancy may protect the baby. The vaccine is estimated to have saved over 500,000 lives in 2002. The World Health Organization and Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommend all children be vaccinated
Eales disease now seen more commonly in the Indian subcontinent. The condition was first described in young adult men by Henry Eales (1852–1913), an English Ophthalmologist in 1880. Although men have been reported to have an increased prevalence of Eales disease, one study reported that men and women are affected equally. Eales disease Eales disease is a type of obliterative vasculopathy, also known as angiopathia retinae juvenilis, periphlebitis retinae, primary perivasculitis of the retina, is an ocular disease characterized by inflammation and possible blockage of retinal blood vessels, abnormal growth of new blood vessels (neovascularization), and recurrent retinal and vitreal hemorrhages. Eales'