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Total number of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis performed at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, in 2012 (orange area, left y-axis) and the number of PCR tests positive for B pertussis by month (blue line, right y-axis).