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Appearance of Fim3 and ptxP3-Bordetella pertussis strains, in two regions of Sweden with different vaccination programs.
Vaccine - 18 Apr 2011
Advani Abdolreza, Gustafsson Lennart, Ahrén Christina, Mooi Frits R, Hallander Hans O
Abstract excerpt
After introduction of a mono-component vaccine, containing only pertussis toxoid (PT), the incidence of pertussis was significantly higher in the Gothenburg area among children during the period October 1, 1997 until end of 2006 compared to the Rest of Sweden where a vaccine containing PT and two other pertussis antigens was used. To investigate a possible cause of this difference, the Bordetella pertussis...
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