Volume 20, Number 6—June 2014
Research
Oral Fluid Testing for Pertussis, England and Wales, June 2007–August 2009
Figure 2

Figure 2. Rates of pertussis notification and laboratory confirmation (nocases/100,000 population), by test method, England and Wales, 1998–2009When >1 test method was used, culture takes precedence over PCR, which takes precedence over serology, which takes precedence over oral fluid (e.g., a case confirmed by culture and serologic testing is listed under culture).