Table 3.
Age (month) | Total number of specimens | Number of pertussis cases | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Culture only | End-point PCR only | Culture and end- point PCR | ||
<1 | 37 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
1–3 | 431 | 4 | 189 | 6 |
4–6 | 105 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
7–9 | 38 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
10–12 | 32 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
13–15 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
16–18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
19–21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
22–24 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
>24 | 33 | 0 | 14 | 0 |