Reemergence of Bordetella parapertussis, United States, 2019-2023

Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 May;30(5):1058-1060. doi: 10.3201/eid3005.231278.

Abstract

To determine changes in Bordetella pertussis and B. parapertussis detection rates, we analyzed 1.43 million respiratory multiplex PCR test results from US facilities from 2019 through mid-2023. From mid-2022 through mid-2023, Bordetella spp. detection increased 8.5-fold; 95% of detections were B. parapertussis. While B. parapertussis rates increased, B. pertussis rates decreased.

Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; Bordetella parapertussis; Bordetella pertussis; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; United States; bacteria; coronavirus disease; public health; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; surveillance network; viruses; whooping cough; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Bordetella Infections* / diagnosis
  • Bordetella Infections* / epidemiology
  • Bordetella Infections* / microbiology
  • Bordetella parapertussis* / genetics
  • Bordetella parapertussis* / isolation & purification
  • Bordetella pertussis / genetics
  • Bordetella pertussis / isolation & purification
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging* / epidemiology
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging* / microbiology
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Whooping Cough / diagnosis
  • Whooping Cough / epidemiology
  • Whooping Cough / microbiology
  • Young Adult