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Whooping cough surfaces again in MoCo school

WASHINGTON — A highly contagious respiratory disease, whooping cough, has surfaced again in Montgomery County.

A student at Gathersburg High School has been diagnosed with the disease, which brings the total students diagnosed to 16 at eight public schools.

Symptoms appear similar to a common cold at first, and then develop further.

Health workers that all six students had gotten their vaccination.

Many of the affected students — they attended the same camp session at , which included third-grade students through college-aged counselors.

²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’s John Aaron contributed to this report.

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