CDH Alerts About Death from Pertussis

BOISE, March. 3, 2025 – 中部地区卫生 announces that a resident of their health district has died from pertussis.

The adult resident passed away from pertussis in February of 2025. While pertussis was listed as the cause of death, there were other health factors that may have contributed.

Central District Health covers Ada, Boise, Elmore, and Valley counties. The current outbreak of pertussis has been ongoing since January of 2024. There have been 574 cases of pertussis reported in the current outbreak, compared to seven cases in 2023 and two cases in 2022.

CDH recommends community members be cautious to reduce the spread of the disease. Wash your hands, cough into your arm and talk to your physician if you or your family experience a cough, runny nose, congestion or fever.

Pertussis is also known as whooping cough due to the peculiar high-pitched “whoop” sound made when the person inhales at the end of the coughing fit, although this symptom is not always experienced. Other symptoms may include a runny nose, congestion, or fever, but most people recognize it from the long-lasting cough. People may develop rapid, violent, and uncontrollable coughing fits and some may vomit after such fits due to the severity of the cough. The cough can last for months or return months after the illness first started. Pertussis is often more severe in children and those with certain underlying health conditions and can cause difficulty breathing.

“We send our heartfelt condolences to the family of this member of our community,” says Sarah Wright, epidemiology program manager at CDH. “This is a tragic reminder that the pertussis outbreak is still ongoing in our community, and that we still need to take steps to protect those in our community that are at higher risk of severe infection.”

百日咳是如何传播的？

The illness is caused by a bacterium, Bordetella pertussis, which is spread from person to person through the air after someone who has pertussis coughs or sneezes. If not diagnosed and treated with antibiotics, an individual can spread the disease for up to three weeks after their cough starts.
已知接触过百日咳的人也可以在发病前服用抗生素来帮助预防疾病。如果您认为自己患有百日咳或曾接触过百日咳，请与您的医疗保健提供者联系，讨论检测和治疗事宜。

百日咳可以预防或治疗吗？

百日咳 是可以预防和治疗的。有一种疫苗可以防止患者患病或病情严重。

Immunity to pertussis begins to wane about five years after vaccination, and boosters can offer an individual more protection.

The CDC recommends two different kinds of vaccines based on age: DTaP and Tdap. The DTaP vaccine is intended for individuals two months to seven years old and is a series of five vaccines. Tdap is intended for anyone seven years or older and is usually given every five to 10 years as a booster. Both vaccines protect against pertussis, tetanus, and diphtheria.

孕妇也应该与医疗服务提供者讨论接种疫苗的问题；在怀孕期间接种疫苗可以为婴儿提供免疫力，直到他们到了可以接种疫苗的年龄。如果您对自己的免疫接种需求有疑问，请与医疗服务提供者讨论您的疫苗接种史，看看您是否需要加强接种。

CDH offers the Tdap and pediatric DTaP vaccines 预约 博伊西办事处。

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