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Recent trends of antigenic variation in Bordetella pertussis isolates in Korea.
Journal of Korean medical science - 1 Mar 2014
Kim So-Hyun, Lee Jin, Sung Hwa Young, Yu Jae Yon, Kim Seong Han, Park Mi Sun, Jung Sang-Oun
Abstract excerpt
Pertussis is a representative vaccine-preventable disease. However, there have been recent outbreaks in countries where even higher vaccination against the disease. One reason is the emergence of antigenic variants, which are different to vaccine type. In Korea, reported cases have rapidly increased since 2009. Therefore, we analyzed genotype of strains isolated in 2011-2012 by multilocus sequence typing method....
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