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English⧼Colon⧽ ppat-1003418-g001: A: Bordetella pertussis on Ciliated Cells of Bronchus. Immunohistochemical localization of B. pertussis bacteria in the cilia of respiratory epithelium lining a bronchus of an infant who died from pertussis. Image courtesy of Christopher Paddock, M.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. B: Aggregates of Leukocytes in a Pulmonary Arteriole in Pertussis. Pulmonary arteriole from an infant with fatal pertussis, showing intravascular aggregates of mixed leukocytes, comprising predominantly mature and band neutrophils, eosinophils, and monocytes. Image courtesy of Christopher Paddock, M.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. C: Drawing of Bordetella pertussis on Ciliated Cells in the Trachea. Published over 100 Years Ago. Ciliated epithelium lining trachea of child dying in acute stage of whooping cough. Large numbers of minute bacilli present between the cilia. x1,000 [27].