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Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of Bordetella pertussis strains used in different vaccine formulations in Latin America.
Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Jun 2012
Bottero D, Gaillard M E, Basile L A, Fritz M, Hozbor D F
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To characterize Bordetella pertussis vaccine strains in comparison with current circulating bacteria. METHODS AND RESULTS: Genomic and proteomic analyses of Bp137 were performed in comparison with other vaccine strains used in Latin America (Bp509 and Bp10536) and with the clinical Argentinean isolate Bp106. Tohama I strain was used as reference strain. Pulse-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and pertussis...
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