title: Pertussis Seasonality Evident in Polymerase Chain Reaction and Serological Testing Data, Queensland, Australia.
abstract: We investigated the seasonality of pertussis in Queensland, Australia, between 2008 and 2011 using notification and laboratory data. Polymerase chain reaction and serology testing data demonstrate that in the vaccine era, pertussis remains a seasonal illness, with annual peaks in summer months, and that the seasonality of notification data is masked by testing trends.
authors.affiliation: Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute, Children's Health Queensland Hospitals and Health Service, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Marlena C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Kaczmarek
authors.affiliation: Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute, Children's Health Queensland Hospitals and Health Service, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Ware
authors.affiliation: Pathology Queensland Central Laboratory, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Griffith University School of Medicine, Southport, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Graeme R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Nimmo
authors.affiliation: Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, Taringa, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Jennifer M B
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Robson
authors.affiliation: Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute, Children's Health Queensland Hospitals and Health Service, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Communicable Diseases Unit, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Stephen B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Lambert
mesh_terms: D001886:Bordetella pertussis; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011793:Queensland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012621:Seasons; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: PCR; pertussis; serology