In August, I blogged about a mysterious rash of pertussis cases in Durango that prompted a team of CDC investigators to come to Southwest Colorado to investigate. The spike in cases amounted to about 40 percent of the state’s total, and many of them did not have the characteristic “whoop” that gives the disease its informal name.

It turns out, according to The Durango Herald, that the cases came from shoddy testing. The CDC, in its report, said a combination of factors resulted in several misdiagnoses, and it emphasized proper handling of test specimens. The San Juan Basin Health Department said the testing was done by area health care providers, not the health department. Check out the full story here.

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