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Two closely related strains associated with pertussis resurgence in Israel.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Jul 2012
Abu Raya Bahaa, Bamberger Ellen, Spiegel Gilad, Sprecher Hannah, Davidson Sima, Geffen Yuval, Srugo Isaac
Abstract excerpt
Eighty-two isolates of Bordetella pertussis analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis from the epidemic years, 2007 to 2008, revealed 4 strains with 2 closely related isolates accounting for 95% of the circulating strains. The most common Israeli strain has the same pulsed-field gel electrophoresis cluster as the dominant European BpSR11 strain (pulsed-field gel electrophoresis cluster IVβ) identified in the...
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