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Bordetella pertussis, Finland and France.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2006
Caro Valérie, Elomaa Annika, Brun Delphine, Mertsola Jussi, He Qiushui, Guiso Nicole
Abstract excerpt
We used pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis and genotyping to compare clinical isolates of Bordetella pertussis recovered since the early 1990s in Finland and France, 2 countries with similar histories of long-term mass vaccination with whole-cell pertussis vaccines. Isolates from both countries were similar genetically but varied temporally.
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