Oral Fluid Testing for Pertussis, England and Wales, June 2007–August 2009
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Oral Fluid Testing for Pertussis, England and Wales, June 2007–August 2009
Existing pertussis surveillance systems tend to underidentify less severe cases among older children and adults. For routine follow-up of notified, nonconfirmed, clinically diagnosed pertussis cases, use of an oral fluid test was pilot tested in England and Wales during June 2007-August 2009. During that period, 1,852 cases of pertussis were confirmed by established laboratory methods and anoth...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid2006.131069