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Analysis of Swedish Bordetella pertussis isolates with three typing methods: characterization of an epidemic lineage.
Journal of microbiological methods - 1 Sept 2009
Advani A, Van der Heide H G J, Hallander H O, Mooi F R
Abstract excerpt
Three Bordetella pertussis typing methods, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), multi-locus sequence typing (MLST), and multi-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) were compared using a collection of Swedish strains. Of the three typing methods used, PFGE was found to be the most discriminatory. MLVA and MLST were less discriminatory, but may be valuable for strain discrimination when culture is...
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