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First report and detailed characterization of B. pertussis isolates not expressing Pertussis Toxin or Pertactin.
Vaccine - 9 Oct 2009
Bouchez V, Brun D, Cantinelli T, Dore G, Njamkepo E, Guiso N
Abstract excerpt
Bordetella pertussis isolates not expressing Pertussis Toxin (PT) or Pertactin (PRN) have been collected, for the first time in 2007, in France, a highly vaccinated country with acellular vaccines. Non-expression was due to deletion of the entire ptx locus, to IS481 insertion in the prn gene or d...
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