Laboratory-based surveillance of pertussis using multitarget real-time PCR in Japan: evidence for Bordetella pertussis infection in preteens and teens

Between January 2013 and December 2014, we conducted laboratory-based surveillance of pertussis using multitarget real-time PCR, which discriminates among Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella parapertussis, Bordetella holmesii and Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Of 355 patients clinically diagnosed with pertussi...

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Hauptverfasser:	K. Kamachi, S. Yoshino, C. Katsukawa, N. Otsuka, Y. Hiramatsu, K. Shibayama
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	Elsevier 2015-11-01
Schriftenreihe:	New Microbes and New Infections
Schlagworte:	Bordetella holmesii Bordetella parapertussis Bordetella pertussis Mycoplasma pneumoniae pertussis real-time PCR
Online-Zugang:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297515000827
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