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  • Pertussis Seasonality Evident in Polymerase Chain Reaction and Serological Testing Data, Queensland, Australia

    Author(s)
    Kaczmarek, Marlena C
    Ware, Robert S
    Nimmo, Graeme R
    Robson, Jennifer MB
    Lambert, Stephen B
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Nimmo, Graeme R.
    Ware, Robert
    Lambert, Stephen B.
    Year published
    2016
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    Abstract
    We investigated the seasonality of pertussis in Queensland, Australia, between 2008 and 2011 using notification and laboratory data. Polymerase chain reaction and serology testing data demonstrate that in the vaccine era, pertussis remains a seasonal illness, with annual peaks in summer months, and that the seasonality of notification data is masked by testing trends.We investigated the seasonality of pertussis in Queensland, Australia, between 2008 and 2011 using notification and laboratory data. Polymerase chain reaction and serology testing data demonstrate that in the vaccine era, pertussis remains a seasonal illness, with annual peaks in summer months, and that the seasonality of notification data is masked by testing trends.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
    Volume
    5
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piu144
    Subject
    Medical Microbiology not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/143291
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