pertussis
Let an agent explain pertussis and its course in neutral terms, relay vaccination, diagnosis and treatment from public health guidance, describe outbreaks and epidemiology, and route suspected cases, especially in infants, to clinicians.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Help Suspected cases first.
Infants
Infants.
Infants
Infants.
- Why do coughing fits, pauses in breathing or blue colour in a baby need emergency care? action
- Is the user describing an infant with these signs, which means emergency services now? boundary
Cough
Prolonged cough.
Cough
Cough.
- Why does a prolonged paroxysmal cough need clinical assessment and testing? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own or a child s symptoms, which needs a clinician? boundary
Understand The disease.
Course
Course.
Course
Course.
- How does pertussis progress through catarrhal, paroxysmal and convalescent stages? definition
- Is the question about pertussis, parapertussis or another cough illness? boundary
Transmission
Transmission.
Transmission
Transmission.
- How does pertussis spread, and why are adults a source for infants? definition
- Which entry fits Bordetella pertussis? action
Prevent Vaccination and treatment.
Vaccines
Vaccines.
Vaccines
Vaccines.
- What vaccines and schedules prevent pertussis, including maternal vaccination, according to WHO and national guidance? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Treatment
Treatment.
Treatment
Treatment.
- How is pertussis diagnosed and treated, and how are contacts managed, in general terms? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Context Epidemiology and history.
Epidemiology
Epidemiology.
Epidemiology
Epidemiology.
- Why has pertussis resurged in some countries, with explanations attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits vaccine-preventable disease surveillance? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How was pertussis identified, and how did vaccines develop? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of vaccines? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.STA
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Bordetella pertussis pneumonia, Bordetella parapertussis whooping cough
What it is Filled
A highly contagious respiratory infection caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis, known as whooping cough for the characteristic gasping inhalation after fits of coughing, most dangerous in infants under one year, in whom it can cause apnoea, pneumonia and death; pertussis is prevented by vaccination in infancy, boosters and maternal vaccination in pregnancy, and treated with antibiotics that reduce transmission.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain pertussis and its course in neutral terms, relay vaccination, diagnosis and treatment from public health guidance, describe outbreaks and epidemiology, and route suspected cases, especially in infants, to clinicians.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Paroxysmal cough
- Whoop in children
- Infant danger
- Vaccine-preventable
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Spread false claims about pertussis vaccines.
- Advise a person with a coughing infant to wait instead of seeking care.
- Disclose a person's infection status without consent or legal basis.
Only with a human decision
- Reporting a case to public health authorities where the law requires it.
May
- Explain pertussis, its symptoms and prevention from public health sources.
- Give vaccination schedules from the national health authority's guidance.
Moral aspects Filled
- Infants too young to be vaccinated depend on others' immunity.
- Vaccine misinformation has brought back outbreaks.
Who is affected
- Infants
- Pregnant people
- Families and carers
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the disease; public health authorities track cases.
Master systems
- Notifiable disease surveillance systems
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q18553248 - registry parent class
- Q66773817 - registry parent class
related
- Bordetella infections - in registry terms
- commensal bacterial infectious disease - in registry terms
- Bordetella pertussis - a bacterium
- pertussis vaccine - in DTaP and Tdap
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.pertussis
- Wikidata: Q134859 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134859)
- ICD-11: 1C12 whooping cough
- MeSH: D014917 whooping cough
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- incubation: about 7-10 days
- cough duration: weeks to months note - the hundred-day cough
- global cases: tens of millions per year - WHO estimates
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Bacterial respiratory infection with coughing fits
- Bordetella pertussis whooping cough, parapertussis, pertussis pneumonia
- Croup and bronchiolitis are viral; the common cold lacks paroxysmal coughing
- Not a visible object; coughing fits with a whooping inhalation.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the disease
- relay vaccination and treatment
- describe epidemiology
- route suspected cases
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Missed diagnosis in infants
- Agents giving personal medical advice
- Vaccine misinformation
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- WHO and national immunisation schedules
- Notifiable disease reporting
- Maternal vaccination recommendations
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a disease.
- classic pertussis from Bordetella pertussis
- parapertussis from Bordetella parapertussis
- pertussis in infants with apnoea
- pertussis in adolescents and adults with prolonged cough
- complications such as Bordetella pertussis pneumonia
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q134859: pertussis - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Whooping cough - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should pertussis vaccine be a separate primary entry?
- How should public health guidance be linked?
- How should parapertussis be recorded?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q134859/spec.json