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Changes of the Swedish Bordetella pertussis population in incidence peaks during an acellular pertussis vaccine period between 1997 and 2004.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica - 1 Apr 2007
Advani Abdolreza, Donnelly Declan, Gustafsson Lennart, Hallander Hans O
Abstract excerpt
In a surveillance programme undertaken from 1997 through 2004, Bordetella pertussis isolates and clinical information were collected after introduction of acellular pertussis vaccines (Pa) in 1996. Changes in the B. pertussis population were studied in three incidence peaks: 1999-2000, 2002 and 2004. Available isolates from 158 fully vaccinated children representing all of Sweden, plus 37 from the Gothenburg area...
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