Assessing the Impact of the 2020 Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Case Definition for Pertussis on Reported Pertussis Cases

In 2020, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) pertussis case definition was modified; the main change was classifying polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-positive cases as confirmed, regardless of cough duration. Pertussis data reported through Enhanced Pertussis Surveillance (EPS...

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Published in:	Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 78; no. 6; p. 1727
Main Authors:	Rubis, Amy B, Cole, Matthew, Tondella, M Lucia, Pawloski, Lucia C, Youngkin, Erin, Firmender, Patricia, Aden, Vanessa, Cruz, Victor, Stanislawski, Emma, Wester, Rachel, Cieslak, Paul R, Acosta, Anna M, Skoff, Tami H
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 14.06.2024
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Bordetella pertussis - genetics Bordetella pertussis - isolation & purification Child Child, Preschool Disease Notification - statistics & numerical data Female Humans Infant Male Polymerase Chain Reaction Population Surveillance United States - epidemiology Whooping Cough - diagnosis Whooping Cough - epidemiology Whooping Cough - prevention & control Young Adult United States nationally notifiable surveillance vaccine-preventable case definition pertussis
ISSN:	1537-6591, 1537-6591
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