Clinical criteria |
Cough illness lasting ≥2 weeks, without a more likely diagnosis and at least one of the following:
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Laboratory criteria |
Isolation of Bordetella pertussis from a clinical specimen |
Positive PCR for B. pertussis |
Epidemiologic linkage |
Contact with a laboratory-confirmed case of pertussis* |
Case classification |
Confirmed |
Acute cough illness of any duration with isolation of B. pertussis from a clinical specimen, or |
Acute cough illness of any duration with PCR positive for pertussis |
Probable |
Clinical criteria (as above) and absence of a more likely diagnosis, or |
Acute cough illness of any duration with at least one of the following:
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