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Molecular epidemiology of Bordetella pertussis isolated in Taiwan, 1992-1997.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 2003
Lee Yeong-Sheng, Yang Chiou-Ying, Lu Cheng-Hsiung, Tseng Yi-Hsiung
Abstract excerpt
In Taiwan, the number of pertussis cases including various types of infection has been increasing in recent years, especially in 1997. Since 71% of the reported cases concentrated in the densely populated Taipei metropolitan area, concerns have been raised that a highly contagious strain of Bordetella pertussis might have appeared in Taipei. In this study, 114 strains of B. pertussis including those isolated in...
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