Editing Whooping cough (section)

===Host species===
Humans are the only host species of ''B. pertussis.''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-06-29 |title=15.3E: Whooping Cough |url=https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Microbiology/Microbiology_(Boundless)/15%3A_Diseases/15.03%3A_Bacterial_Diseases_of_the_Respiratory_System/15.3E%3A_Whooping_Cough |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Biology LibreTexts |language=en}}</ref> Outbreaks of whooping cough have been observed among chimpanzees in a zoo and wild gorillas; in both cases, it is considered likely that the infection was acquired as a result of close contact with humans.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Gustavsson OE, Röken BO, Serrander R | title = An epizootic of whooping cough among chimpanzees in a zoo | journal = Folia Primatologica; International Journal of Primatology | volume = 55 | issue = 1 | pages = 45–50 | year = 1990 | pmid = 2394416 | doi = 10.1159/000156498 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Palacios |first1=Gustavo |last2=Lowenstine |first2=Linda J. |last3=Cranfield |first3=Michael R. |last4=Gilardi |first4=Kirsten V. K. |last5=Spelman |first5=Lucy |last6=Lukasik-Braum |first6=Magda |last7=Kinani |first7=Jean-Felix |last8=Mudakikwa |first8=Antoine |last9=Nyirakaragire |first9=Elisabeth |last10=Bussetti |first10=Ana Valeria |last11=Savji |first11=Nazir |last12=Hutchison |first12=Stephen |last13=Egholm |first13=Michael |last14=Lipkin |first14=W. Ian |date=April 2011 |title=Human Metapneumovirus Infection in Wild Mountain Gorillas, Rwanda |url=https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/4/10-0883_article |journal=Emerging Infectious Diseases |language=en-us |volume=17 |issue=4 |pages=711–713 |doi=10.3201/eid1704.100883 |pmc=3377396 |pmid=21470468}}</ref> Several [[zoo]]s have a long-standing custom of vaccinating their primates against whooping cough.<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Loomis MR |chapter=Immunoprofylaxis in infant great apes | veditors = Graham CE, Bowen JA |series=Monographs in Primatology |volume=5 |title=Clinical Management of Infant Great Apes |pages=107–112 |publisher=Liss |location=New York |year=1985}}</ref>