Pregnant woman's undiagnosed mild, peristant cough was whooping cough: infant died

[Emily]

The 17 yr-old mom had had her booster shot for whooping cough only 5 yrs previously. Her doctors did not suspect whooping cough until after the baby was born and got terribly ill with whooping cough.

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120109/NEWS01/701099925/1004

Published: Monday, January 9, 2012
One family's story puts a face on whooping cough epidemic
After her grandaughter died of whooping cough, a local woman shares her story to raise awareness.

Kaliah Jeffery, who died Aug. 16, when she was just 27 days old from whooping cough. (Family Photo)
By Sharon Salyer, Herald Writer

On the Facebook page, another woman said her daughter got a severe case of whooping cough in spite of being up to date with her vaccines. In her case, the doctors did the test to diagnose it, but then her insurance company did not want to pay the test's $700.00 bill, yet it seems very import to me to do these tests so people know when they are contagious.