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Genomic analysis and comparison of Bordetella pertussis isolates circulating in low and high vaccine coverage areas.
Microbes and infection - 1 Jan 2000
Njamkepo Elisabeth, Cantinelli Thomas, Guigon Ghislaine, Guiso Nicole
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to analyze Bordetella pertussis isolates circulating, between 1991 and 1995, in Niakhar, Senegal area where the pertussis vaccination coverage was low and to compare them with those circulating in France, before and after introduction of generalized pertussis vaccination for toddlers in 1959. We carried out bacteriological analyses, typing, genotyping and DNA microarray analyses. We...
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