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Strain variation among Bordetella pertussis isolates in finland, where the whole-cell pertussis vaccine has been used for 50 years.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2005
Elomaa Annika, Advani Abdolreza, Donnelly Declan, Antila Mia, Mertsola Jussi, Hallander Hans, He Qiushui
Abstract excerpt
Pertussis is an infectious disease of the respiratory tract caused by Bordetella pertussis. Despite the introduction of mass vaccination against pertussis in Finland in 1952, pertussis has remained an endemic disease with regular epidemics. To monitor changes in the Finnish B. pertussis population, 101 isolates selected from 1991 to 2003 and 21 isolates selected from 1953 to 1982 were studied together with two...
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