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Marked difference between adults and children in Bordetella pertussis DNA load in nasopharyngeal swabs.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Mar 2011
Nakamura Y, Kamachi K, Toyoizumi-Ajisaka H, Otsuka N, Saito R, Tsuruoka J, Katsuta T, Nakajima N, Okada K, Kato T, Arakawa Y
Abstract excerpt
Bordetella pertussis is the aetiologic agent of whooping cough, a common cause of severe respiratory illness in children and prolonged mild cough in adults. To understand some of the reasons for differences in clinical symptoms between adults and children, we measured B. pertussis DNA loads in nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS) from 19 adults and 40 children (including 14 infants) by quantitative IS481 real-time PCR. All...
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