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Volume 22, Number 6—June 2016
Letter

Elevated Pertussis Reporting in Response to 2011–2012 Outbreak, New York City, New York, USA

Robert J. ArciuoloComments to Author , Jennifer B. Rosen, and Jane R. Zucker
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Applied Epidemiology Fellowship, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (R.J. Arciuolo); New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, USA (R.J. Arciuolo, J.B. Rosen, J.R. Zucker); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (J.R. Zucker)

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Table

Provider responses to survey questions related to diagnostic testing for pertussis, New York City, New York, USA*

Questions and responses No. (%)
Did respondent perform diagnostic tests for pertussis before 2012?
Did not perform diagnostic tests 282 (66)
Performed ≥1 diagnostic test
147 (34)
Which types of diagnostic tests did respondent perform before 2012?†
Bacterial culture 68 (46)
PCR 66 (45)
Serology 35 (24)
DFA
41 (28)
Did respondent change the types of diagnostic tests he/she performed since 2012?‡
Yes 52 (12)
No 269 (63)
Unknown
108 (25)
Which types of diagnostic tests was respondent more likely to perform since 2012?§
Bacterial culture 17 (33)
PCR 33 (63)
Serology 6 (12)
DFA 5 (10)
No test
3 (6)
Did respondent change the frequency of diagnostic tests he/she performed since 2012?
More frequent testing 93 (22)
Less frequent testing 14 (3)
Frequency of testing unchanged 231 (54)
No response provided 1 (<1)

*N = 429 except as indicated. DFA, direct fluorescent antibody test.
†For 147 respondents who reported performing >1 diagnostic test before 2012. Response choices are not mutually exclusive.
‡For all respondents, including those who reported not performing diagnostic tests before 2012.
§For 52 respondents who reported a change in type of diagnostic test performed since 2012. Response choices are not mutually exclusive.

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