FIGURE.
Number of Mycoplasma pneumoniae cases (N = 83*) among students at a university, by week of illness onset and qPCR testing status — Georgia, 2012
Abbreviation: qPCR = quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction.
* Probable cases were defined as clinically diagnosed pneumonia, with or without qPCR evidence of pneumonia, among students at the university during September 1–December 4, 2012. Confirmed cases were probable cases with M. pneumoniae detected in oropharyngeal, nasal, or nasopharyngeal swabs by qPCR.