Clinical evaluation and validation of laboratory methods for the diagnosis of Bordetella pertussis infection: Culture, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and anti-pertussis toxin IgG serology (IgG-PT)

• Adria D. Lee ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: xda5@cdc.gov

  Current address: IHRC Inc., contracting agency to the Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

  Affiliation IHRC Inc., contracting agency to the Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1119-095X

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• Pamela K. Cassiday,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Lucia C. Pawloski,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Kathleen M. Tatti,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Monte D. Martin,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Elizabeth C. Briere,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• M. Lucia Tondella,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Stacey W. Martin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

  Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• on behalf of the Clinical Validation Study Group

  ¶Membership of the Clinical Validation Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

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