Pertussis (whooping cough)

Footage shows an elderly woman who was infected followed by footage of infected children. Video includes an interview with a mother whose son is infected and a news report on a family that was infected and an interview with their doctor. This video is part of a collection provided to the BEST Network by Professor Clem Boughton and his colleagues from the Department of Infectious Diseases, Prince Henry and Prince of Wales Hospital and UNSW. Permissions were granted by the patients and/or their parents featured in the video.