Changes in the genomic content of circulating Bordetella pertussis strains isolated from the Netherlands, Sweden, Japan and Australia: adaptive evolution or drift?

BACKGROUND: Bordetella pertussis is the causative agent of human whooping cough (pertussis) and is particularly severe in infants. Despite worldwide vaccinations, whooping cough remains a public health problem. A significant increase in the incidence of whooping cough has been observed in many count...

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Main Authors: King, Audrey J, van Gorkom, Tamara, van der Heide, Han GJ, Advani, Abdolreza, van der Lee, Saskia
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2834637/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20102608
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-11-64
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