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[Molecular genetic characteristics of the B. pertussis strains isolated in different periods of the pertussis epidemic process].
Molekuliarnaia genetika, mikrobiologiia i virusologiia - 1 Jan 2005
Mazurova I K, Borisova O Iu, Kombarova S Iu, Zakharova N S, Aleshkin V A
Abstract excerpt
Despite the fact that the mass immunization of the children population with the DPTs vaccine has been carried out in the Russian Federation since 1959, the pertussis infection persists to be one of the pressing problems for the children population. Although the vaccination coverage of the children population with pertussis vaccines is high in Russia, at present time the pertussis incidence rates are increasing...
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