Pertussis
4Curable or preventable in mostAI-generated
Burden-over-time charts — how many people this disease affects and whether that number is rising or falling — are coming to this page. The treatability read, milestones, and live trial pipeline below are current.
Milestones
dot size = significance- 1964Erythromycin approved (FDA)
- 1965Erythromycin ethylsuccinate approved (FDA)
- 1996Hepatitis b virus hbsag surface protein antigen approved (FDA)
- 1997Bordetella pertussis filamentous hemagglutinin approved (FDA)
- 1997Bordetella pertussis pertactin autotransporter approved (FDA)
- 1999Bordetella pertussis toxin approved (FDA)
What's being tested now
Trials started per year, stacked by phase (darker = later phase). Source: ClinicalTrials.gov via Clin2, which tracks studies recruiting in recent years — early years undercount.
See all 17 active Pertussis trials on Clin2 →