Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly infectious respiratory illness that can result in severe complications among young children and infants. Sadly, it is responsible for approximately 195,000 deaths worldwide each year.
If there is suspicion of pertussis, a contagious bacterial illness that can be challenging to distinguish from other upper respiratory infections, the Bordetella test from Spartan Labs identifies the presence of Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella Parapertussis DNA from nasopharyngeal swab samples.
