Biology · Health and Diseases
During which time period is a person with pertussis (whooping cough) most contagious, particularly if untreated?
- 1Two months after the onset of the paroxysmal cough
- 2Ten days after the paroxysmal cough completely disappears
- 3During the catarrhal stage and up to three weeks after the paroxysmal cough begins✓
- 4Only during the first week after the onset of paroxysmal cough
Correct answer
During the catarrhal stage and up to three weeks after the paroxysmal cough begins
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