Bordetella pertussis  The topic Bordetella pertussis is
discussed in the following articles:  cause of whooping cough
• TITLE: whooping cough a long-drawn inspiration, or “whoop.”
The coughing ends with the expulsion of clear, sticky mucus and
often with vomiting. Whooping cough is caused by the bacterium
Bordetella pertussis.     • TITLE: bacteria  discovery by Bordet
• TITLE: Jules Bordet (Belgian bacteriologist)     ...agents in
the blood, including those that cause typhoid, tuberculosis,
and, most notably, syphilis (the Wassermann test). After
discovering (with Gengou in 1906) the bacterium, now known as
Bordetella pertussis, that is responsible for whooping cough,
Bordet became professor of bacteriology at the Free University
of Brussels (1907–35).