Edward Nirenberg on Nostr: One really important point: it is very hard to diagnose pertussis. Part of this is ...
One really important point: it is very hard to diagnose pertussis. Part of this is because of how the disease presents but, it turns out, for truly accurate detection, nasal wash should be used. Even with PCR, throat swab or nasal swab has pretty poor sensitivity.
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