Meet pertussis, a disease villain from BAM! Body and Mind, that leaves its victims literally gasping for air.
Real name: Pertussis
Also Known as (AKA): Whoopie Doopies
Known aliases: Bordetella pertussis (the bacteria that causes pertussis illness); whooping cough (for the "whoop" sound of someone gasping for air after a coughing spell)
Microbe type: bacterium
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