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Is Bordetella pertussis clonal?
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) - 28 Mar 1992
Khattak M N, Matthews R C, Burnie J P
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OBJECTIVE: To establish whether Bordetella pertussis is essentially clonal. DESIGN: Analysis of restriction fragments of XbaI digests of DNA from clinical and control isolates of B pertussis by pulse field gel electrophoresis. MATERIALS: 105 isolates of B pertussis: 67 clinical isolates from throughout the United Kingdom and 23 from Germany (collected during the previous 18 months); vaccine strains 2991 and 3700;...
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