title: Chao Yuanfang: Imperial Physician of the Sui Dynasty and an Early Pertussis Observer?
abstract: Early Chinese texts contain extensive disease descriptions, including various texts that contain descriptions of modern-day conditions. During the Sui Dynasty, a leading scholar, Chao Yuanfang, may have authored a leading treatise 1400 years ago. Although these texts are the subject of ongoing research, evidence suggests that a clinical syndrome consistent with pertussis was observed in ancient China.
authors.affiliation: Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research and Development on Severe Infectious Diseases, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College , Kunming , China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
authors.forename: Abdulbaset M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Salim
authors.affiliation: Shiffman Medical Library.
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences; Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
authors.forename: Paul E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Kilgore